cartilage
noun
a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whitish or yellowish color; gristle.
cartilages
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pluralof cartilage.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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First, the tiny cartilages in the human larynx -- called the arytenoids -- that change the position of our vocal folds, have changed dramatically in whales.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024
This ancient fish had separated, independent cartilages encasing the brain, rather than the solid bone or cartilage structure of jawless and jawed fish that followed it.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023
The sclerotomes consist of an embryonic tissue called mesenchyme, which will give rise to the fibrous connective tissues, cartilages, and bones of the body.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
These cartilages are made of hyaline cartilage and can extend for several inches.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Chondrog′raphy, a description of the cartilages; Chondrol′ogy, the knowledge of the cartilages.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
