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cartilage

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


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The condition develops as the tissues within the knee joint, including the cartilage that cushions the ends of bones, gradually deteriorate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

The handheld device, developed by Afferent Medical Solutions, uses two small clips positioned on the tragus, the small flap of cartilage located just in front of the ear canal.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026

Instead of focusing directly on damaged cartilage, it targets the abnormal blood vessels that develop around an inflamed joint.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

These findings do not establish that damaged cartilage was rebuilt or that arthritis progression can be permanently stopped.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Instead of just disposing of the foot, though, the doctors wanted to use cartilage from the toes to build me a new nose.

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

The skeletal system includes all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The sclerotomes consist of an embryonic tissue called mesenchyme, which will give rise to the fibrous connective tissues, cartilages, and bones of the body.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

Calcium tri-phosphate, or "bone-earth," is the chief ingredient of the bones and teeth, but is found in the cartilages and other parts of the body in smaller quantities.

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


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