The meniscus is not a bone. It is a cartilage, a flexible, elastic tissue.
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Meniscus
//məˈnɪs.kəs//
Synonyms for "meniscus" (38 found)
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Related words (19)
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1 entriesderived
5 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
4 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- هِلَالَة noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Belarusian
1 entries- мені́ск noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Bulgarian
2 entries- мени́скус noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- мени́скус noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Catalan
2 entries- menisc noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- menisc noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 半月板 noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
- 彎月面 /弯月面 noun (the curved surface of liquids)
Czech
1 entries- meniskus noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Finnish
4 entries- kaareva pinta noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- meniski noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- nivelkierukka noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
- puolikuu noun (a crescent)
French
3 entries- ménisque noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- ménisque noun (a crescent)
- ménisque noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
German
2 entries- Meniskus noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- Meniskus noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Italian
2 entries- menisco noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- menisco noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Japanese
1 entries- 半月板 noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Korean
1 entries- 반달연골 noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Latvian
2 entries- menisks noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- menisks noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Māori
1 entries- mata kōpapa noun (the curved surface of liquids)
Polish
2 entries- menisk noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- łękotka noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Portuguese
2 entries- menisco noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- menisco noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Russian
3 entries- мени́ск noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- мени́ск noun (a crescent)
- мени́ск noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Spanish
2 entries- menisco noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- menisco noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Swedish
1 entries- menisk noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Turkish
1 entries- menisküs noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Ukrainian
2 entries- мені́ск noun (the curved surface of liquids)
- мені́ск noun (either of two parts of the human knee)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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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