elastic cartilage

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A yellowish flexible cartilage in which the matrix is infiltrated by a network of elastic fibers; it occurs primarily in the external ear, eustachian tube, and some cartilages of the larynx and epiglottis.yellow cartilage

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Words nearby elastic cartilage

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The second was that the demand for seduction schooling was elastic.
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He was wearing a black sweatshirt and light grey sweatpants with an elastic waist.
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Elastic bracelets—with brads to place just so in an acupressure spot on the inner wrist purported to reduce nausea—are popular.
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Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"
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The sputum of more advanced cases resembles that of chronic bronchitis, with the addition of tubercle bacilli and elastic fibers.
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Industrial society is therefore mobile, elastic, standing at any moment in a temporary and unstable equilibrium.
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The non-elastic character of water made it unsuitable for a machine requiring a fly-wheel.
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I met him on Kingstown promenade the other day walking with an elastic step and with the brightness of youth in his eye.
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