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SEMILUNAR CARTILAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
Synonyms:
meniscus; semilunar cartilage
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("semilunar cartilage" is a kind of...):
cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)
Domain category:
anatomy; general anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
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