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Webster 1913 Edition

Meckelian

Meck-e′li-an

,

Adj.

(Anat.)

Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German anatomist.

Meckelian cartilage

,

the cartilaginous rod which forms the axis of the mandible; – called also

Meckel’s cartilage

.