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Webster 1913 Edition
Cartilage
Car′ti-lage
,Noun.
[L.
cartilago
; cf. F. cartilage
.] (Anat.)
A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
☞ Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under
Duplication
. Articular cartilage
, cartilage that lines the joints.
– Cartilage bone
(Anat.)
, any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.
– Costal cartilage
, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of
Thorax
.Webster 1828 Edition
Cartilage
CARTILAGE
,Noun.
Definition 2025
cartilage
cartilage
English
Noun
cartilage (countable and uncountable, plural cartilages)
- (anatomy) A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.
Synonyms
Translations
dense connective tissue
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Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cartilāgō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʁtilaʒ/
Noun
cartilage m (uncountable)
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation 1303-1305, borrowing from Latin cartilāgō
Noun
cartilage m (oblique plural cartilages, nominative singular cartilages, nominative plural cartilage)
- (anatomy) cartilage
- 1303, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
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corrosion qui est du cartilage qui est entre les trous des nazilles
- corrosion which is of the cartilage between the wholes in the nostrils
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corrosion qui est du cartilage qui est entre les trous des nazilles
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