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Webster 1913 Edition


Cartilage

Car′ti-lage

,
Noun.
[L.
cartilago
; cf. F.
cartilage
.]
(Anat.)
A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under
Duplication
.
Articular cartilage
,
cartilage that lines the joints.
Cartilage bone
(Anat.)
,
any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.
Costal cartilage
,
cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of
Thorax
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cartilage

CARTILAGE

,
Noun.
Gristle; a smooth, solid, elastic substance, softer than bone, of a pearly color and homogeneous texture, without cells or cavities. It is invested with a particular membrane called perichondrium, which in the articular cartilages, is a reflexion of the synovial membrane.

Definition 2024


cartilage

cartilage

English

Noun

cartilage (countable and uncountable, plural cartilages)

  1. (anatomy) A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cartilāgō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaʁtilaʒ/

Noun

cartilage m (uncountable)

  1. (anatomy) cartilage

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Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 1303-1305, borrowing from Latin cartilāgō

Noun

cartilage m (oblique plural cartilages, nominative singular cartilages, nominative plural cartilage)

  1. (anatomy) cartilage
    • 1303, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine):
      corrosion qui est du cartilage qui est entre les trous des nazilles
      corrosion which is of the cartilage between the wholes in the nostrils