GRISTLE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults

Synonyms:

cartilage; gristle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("gristle" is a kind of...):

animal tissue (the tissue in the bodies of animals)

Meronyms (parts of "gristle"):

ground substance; intercellular substance; matrix (the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded)

Meronyms (substance of "gristle"):

collagen (a fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue; yields gelatin on boiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gristle"):

meniscus; semilunar cartilage ((anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint)

fibrocartilage (cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue)

hyaline cartilage (translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton)

arytaenoid; arytenoid; arytenoid cartilage (either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached)

Adam's apple; thyroid cartilage (the largest cartilage of the larynx)

Holonyms ("gristle" is a substance of...):

cartilaginous structure (body structure given shape by cartilage)

Derivation:

gristly (difficult to chew)