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HYALINE CARTILAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hyaline cartilage" is a kind of...):
cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)
Context examples:
It is characterized by the presence of malignant small round cells, biphasic growth pattern, and well differentiated hyaline cartilage.
(Adult Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is a well circumscribed tumor characterized by the presence of chondrocytes, a lobulated hyaline cartilage growth pattern, and in some cases calcification.
(Extraskeletal Chondroma, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by bland clear cells in addition to hyaline cartilage.
(Clear Cell Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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