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Webster 1913 Edition
Meniscus
Me-nis′cus
,Noun.
pl. L.
Menisci
(-sī)
, E. Meniscuses
(#)
. [NL., from Gr.
μηνίσκος
, dim. of μήνη
the moon.] 1.
A crescent.
2.
(Opt.)
A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
3.
(Anat.)
An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.
Converging meniscus
, Diverging meniscus
See
Lens
.Webster 1828 Edition
Meniscus
MENIS'CUS
,Noun.
plu.
A lens convex on one side, and concave on the other.