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cartilage

  • noun
  • /ˈkɑː.tɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/

A particular structure made of cartilage.

Related words

  • biocartilage
  • cartilagelike
  • fibrocartilage
  • mucocartilage
  • neocartilage
  • pericartilage
  • cartilaginoid
  • cartilaginous
  • cartilogenesis
  • articular cartilage
  • arytenoid cartilage
  • cartilage-hair hypoplasia

Word history

From Latin "cartilāgō".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “cartilage” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.