Cartilage

/ˈkɑː.tɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/

Synonyms for "cartilage" (9 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
connective tissuejoint tissue

Related words (4)

Noun(1 words)
skeletal tissue

Related word relations

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More general

3 entries
animal tissueconnective tissuetissue

More specific

8 entries
articular cartilageauricular cartilageelastic cartilageepiglottic cartilagefibrocartilagegrowth plate cartilagehyaline cartilagenasal cartilage

Collocations

6 entries
articular cartilagecartilage matrixelastic cartilagefibrocartilagegrowth plate cartilagehyaline cartilage

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

1 entries

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The cartilage has slipped out here.

Source: tatoeba (61682)

Disk herniation is when cartilage, called 'intervertebral disk' and found between each vertebra, slips out.

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The outer part of the ear is made of cartilage.

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The meniscus is not a bone. It is a cartilage, a flexible, elastic tissue.

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