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cartilage

24 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. cartilage (noun)
  2. cartilage bone (noun)
  3. cartilage of Jacobson (noun)
  4. cartilage of Santorini (noun)
  5. cartilage of Wrisberg (noun)
  6. alar cartilage (noun)
  7. articular cartilage (noun)
  8. corniculate cartilage (noun)
  9. costal cartilage (noun)
  10. cricoid cartilage (noun)
  11. cuneiform cartilage (noun)
  12. elastic cartilage (noun)
  13. ensiform cartilage (noun)
  14. hyaline cartilage (noun)
  15. Jacobson's cartilage (noun)
  16. lateral semilunar cartilage (noun)
  17. Meckel's cartilage (noun)
  18. medial semilunar cartilage (noun)
  19. nasal cartilage (noun)
  20. semilunar cartilage (noun)
  21. septal cartilage (noun)
  22. thyroid cartilage (noun)
  23. vomeronasal cartilage (noun)
  24. xiphoid cartilage (noun)

car·ti·lage

noun \ˈkärt-əl-ij, ˈkärt-lij\

Definition of CARTILAGE

1
: a usually translucent somewhat elastic tissue that composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos and except for a small number of structures (as some joints, respiratory passages, and the external ear) is replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates
2
: a part or structure composed of cartilage

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