fibrocartilage

[fahy-broh-kahr-tl-ij, -kahrt-lij]

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

1. a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.

2. a part or structure composed of such cartilage.

Other Word Forms

• fibrocartilaginous adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of fibrocartilage¹

First recorded in 1825–35; fibro- + cartilage

Example Sentences

It involves creating small holes in the bone under the cartilage defect that stimulate the growth of fibrocartilage, a type of cartilage that resembles scar tissue.

From Washington Post

Eventually, fibrocartilage is formed, which helps fills in the holes created by damaged cartilage.

From US News

Tendons, ligaments, and subchondral bone are classified as “significantly” pain-sensitive, while muscle and cortical bone’s sensitivity has been established as “moderate,” and articular cartilage and fibrocartilage’s as “mild.”

From The New Yorker

In the second stage, from the tenth to the twentieth day, the tumor or callus is formed and fibrocartilage is developed inside and around the exposed end of the bone.

From Project Gutenberg

It slowly resumed the normal position by the elasticity of the intervertebral fibrocartilage, and there was complete recovery in ten days.

From Project Gutenberg