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Webster 1913 Edition


Fibrocartilage

Fiˊbro-car′ti-lage

,
Noun.
[L.
fibra
a fiber + E.
cartilage
.]
(Anat.)
A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
Fiˊbro-carˊti-lag′i-nous
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,
Adj.

Definition 2024


fibrocartilage

fibrocartilage

English

Noun

fibrocartilage (countable and uncountable, plural fibrocartilages)

  1. A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres.