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meniscus

[mi-nis-kuhs] / mɪˈnɪs kəs /




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"But let's see how they respond, with no cartilage and no meniscus..."

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

She says along with the ACL tear she also has bruising and meniscus damage.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

She added that she had also suffered bone bruising and meniscus damage from her fall in a race which was abandoned early due to awful conditions which caused two other crashes.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

After recovering from his injuries, Arenas was barely two weeks back from being medically cleared to practice when he sustained a slight meniscus tear and bone bruise.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025

Tenderness may be elicited on making pressure to the medial side of the ligamentum patellæ in the groove between the femur and the tibia, but the meniscus cannot be recognised by palpation.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander