English Dictionary: cartilage | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cartilage \Car"ti*lage\, n. [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. Note: 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}. |