cartilage
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For about $70, a plastic surgeon injected the ridged cartilage of her ears with a hyaluronic-acid filler that caused her ears to perk up.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Mr. Hemming writes that upon Miller’s death, doctors found 23 battle scars, a large wound on his right abdominal cartilage, two rifle balls lodged in his liver, and mutilated fingers on his left hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
To develop this new method, the team first grew cartilage tissue in the laboratory.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2026
When you walk or put weight on a joint, cartilage is gently compressed, pushing fluid out.
From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026
I sat up: oblique strain to the cartilage between the lower ribs.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
Vocabulary lists containing cartilage
Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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Animals (Zoology) - Introductory
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Human Anatomy and Physiology - Introductory
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