elastic cartilage
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n.
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
elastase, elastic, elasticate, elastic band, elastic bandage, elastic cartilage, elastic clause, elastic collision, elastic deformation, elastic fiber, elasticin
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