Recent Examples on the WebPrescott is expected to make his return against the Detroit Lions on Sunday after undergoing surgery to repair an extra-articular fracture in his right thumb.—Dallas News, 20 Oct. 2022 Late locking should raise the suspicion of an intra-articular loose or foreign body.—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 21 Mar. 2014 To picture articular cartilage, envision the tough, white coating on the end of a chicken bone.—Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 June 2022 The issue has to do with the readouts from the probe’s attitude articular and control system.—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 19 May 2022 There is damage to and progressive destruction of the articular cartilage, which is the smooth load-bearing portion of the joint.—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2021 The more common use of betamethasone is administered by intra-articular injection.—Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2021 Type 2 collagen is the primary protein present in articular cartilage.—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021 The scientists extracted a piece of distal articular cartilage from the right femur of this specimen, decalcified it, and used different microscopy and chemical methods to analyze it.—David Bressan, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021 See More
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English articuler, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin articulāris, from articulus "joint, part of a limb between joints" + -āris-ar — more at article entry 1
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