Other Word Forms
- fibrocartilaginous adjective
Etymology
Origin of fibrocartilage
Example Sentences
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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
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