cartilage

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Because cartilage was not directly studied in any of the specimens, the team assumed it functioned similarly across all of them.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

These substances can damage cartilage and speed up disease progression.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

For much of the last decade, Mustaine has experienced significant discomfort since the cartilage in the tips of his fingers has worn away from decades of frenzied playing, causing the bones to scrape together.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

That infection ate away at the cartilage in his knee, each scan showing it progressively deteriorating, reducing Deulofeu to the feeling of bone on bone.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

Then you broke the crab in half, like a turnover, and picked out the meat from between sections of cartilage.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt