menisci
- plural of meniscus.
Example Sentences
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With more research, company executives said, the technology could be used to make many other replacement body parts, including spinal discs, noses, knee menisci, rotator cuffs and reconstructive tissue for lumpectomies.
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022
Your patient, who’s having double knee surgery for two torn menisci and two Baker’s cysts.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2019
The menisci provide padding between the bones and help to fill the gap between the round femoral condyles and flattened tibial condyles.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Too much twisting in the knee can tear the menisci, pads of cartilage tucked inside the knee socket.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 16, 2012
In addition to the usual provision for articulation of bones there are situated cartilaginous menisci between the condyles of the femur and the head of the tibia.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
