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cartilage

[kahr-tl-ij, kahrt-lij] / ˈkɑr tl ɪdʒ, ˈkɑrt lɪdʒ /


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Osteoarthritis, a joint disease causing pain, stiffness and cartilage loss, found her anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

The good news is that researchers are developing therapies that do what was once thought impossible: regenerate cartilage, boost the knee’s natural ability to heal, and prevent cartilage breakdown in the first place.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Advanced MRI scans can catch early signs of cartilage breakdown, long before a standard X-ray would.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

These included fibroblasts and cells responsible for forming cartilage.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

The doctors were going to remove a chunk of cartilage from one of my right ribs and use it to rebuild my face, they said.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge

First, the tiny cartilages in the human larynx -- called the arytenoids -- that change the position of our vocal folds, have changed dramatically in whales.

From Science Daily Feb. 21, 2024

This ancient fish had separated, independent cartilages encasing the brain, rather than the solid bone or cartilage structure of jawless and jawed fish that followed it.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

Androgens produce several complications such as liver dysfunctions prostate gland enlargement, difficulty urinating, premature closure of epiphyseal cartilages, testicular atrophy, infertility, and immune system depression.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The skeletal system includes all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body that support and give shape to the body and body structures.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

The largest of the cartilages of the larynx; its angular projection in the front of the neck is called "Adam's apple."

From A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers by Joseph Chrisman Hutchison




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