Definition of cartilage

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Cartilage (n.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle..

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Sternum :: Sternum (n.) A plate of cartilage, or a series of bony or cartilaginous plates or segments, in the median line of the pectoral skeleton of most vertebrates above fishes; the breastbone..
Carpale :: Carpale (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
Aliethmoidal :: Aliethmoidal (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
Cartilaginification :: Cartilaginification (n.) The act or process of forming cartilage.
Tarsal :: Tarsal (n.) A tarsal bone or cartilage; a tarsale.
Extrabranchial :: Extrabranchial (a.) Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
Interneural :: Interneural (n.) An interneural spine or cartilage.
Sesamoid :: Sesamoid (n.) A sesamoid bone or cartilage.
Pharyngobranchial :: Pharyngobranchial (n.) A pharyngobranchial, or upper pharyngeal, bone or cartilage..
Meniscus :: Meniscus (n.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds..
Endostosis :: Endostosis (n.) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage.
Basipterygium :: Basipterygium (n.) A bar of cartilage at the base of the embryonic fins of some fishes. It develops into the metapterygium.
Ligament :: Ligament (n.) A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or fibrocartilage serving to unite bones or form joints..
Interhaemal :: Interhaemal (n.) An interhemal spine or cartilage.
Chondrogenesis :: Chondrogenesis (n.) The development of cartilage.
Cartilage :: Cartilage (n.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle..
Perichondrial :: Perichondrial (a.) Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage.
Teratoma :: Teratoma (n.) A tumor, sometimes found in newborn children, which is made up of a heterigenous mixture of tissues, as of bone, cartilage and muscle..
Interparietal :: Interparietal (n.) The interparietal bone or cartilage.
Pterygoquadrate :: Pterygoquadrate (a.) Of, pertaining to, or representing the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages..
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