The meniscus is not a bone. It is a cartilage, a flexible, elastic tissue.
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Meniscus
/məˈnɪs.kəs/
Synonyms for "meniscus" (49 found)
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8 entriescapillary meniscusconcave meniscusconvex meniscuscrescent outlinelateral meniscuslunate shapelunulemedial meniscus
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6 entriesarthroscopic meniscectomyknee meniscuslateral meniscusmedial meniscusmeniscal tearmeniscus replacement
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And from Crabbe's own forehead sweat dripped or gathered into a kind of meniscus to be scooped off.
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He opened wide both casements; they gave on a parking place four floors below; the thin meniscus overhead was too wan to illumine the roofs of the houses descending toward the invisible lake [...].
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