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cartilage Definition

car·ti·lage (kärt'l ij)

noun

  1. tough, elastic, whitish animal tissue; gristle: the skeletons of embryos and young animals are composed largely of cartilage, most of which later turns to bone
  2. a part or structure consisting of cartilage

Etymology: ME & OFr < L cartilago: for IE base see hurdle

cartilage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • regenerate: Glucosamine Sulfate 2KCl 1500mg provides the optimum daily dosage in just one tablet to help regenerate damaged cartilage.
  • rebuild: In rheumatoid arthritis it prevents the immune system from attacking cartilage giving the body the chance to rebuild damaged cartilage.
  • destroy: It seems to achieve this by inhibiting those factors which destroy cartilage.

Preposition: in

knee: Lastly, cartilages in the knee may ' go ' , resulting in an inability to straighten the leg.

Adjective modifier

  • articular: In places, like joint surfaces, the bone will be covered with smooth articular cartilage.
  • hyaline: Hyaline cartilage, with a white translucent appearance, occurs on the smooth surfaces of joints.
  • cricoid: Another extension of the lining spans from the anterior membrane to insert into the cricoid cartilage, forming the vocal cords.
  • torn: Australian researchers have already repaired torn cartilage on the knees of 10 sheep with this natural glue, which frogs use to trap insects.
  • osteoarthritic: Many, but not all, people with osteoarthritis have calcium pyrophosphate crystals in their osteoarthritic joint cartilage.
  • costal: There is pain in the costal cartilage, often localized.

Modifies a noun

  • explant: Glucosamine inhibits recombinant human interleukin-1 stimulated cartilage degradation in equine cartilage explants.
  • degeneration: In osteoarthritis these cells behave abnormally and this behavior leads to cartilage degeneration.
  • metabolism: Professor Caterson leads a sub group within the CTB laboratories whose primary focus is cartilage metabolism.
  • degradation: In advanced OA however, cartilage degradation associated with high IL-1 levels far outstrips any attempts at repair by these growth factors.
  • defect: There are some things we can do to encourage the healing of articular cartilage defects.
  • transplantation: NICE has issued its guidance on autologous cartilage transplantation [ ACT ] for defects in knee joints.

Noun used with modifier

  • shark: Shark cartilage Growth of cancerous tumors requires a large blood supply.
  • collateral: Uncomplicated, normal, progressive ossification of the sound horse's collateral cartilages causes no clinical problems and requires no treatment.
  • knee: Meanwhile, Justin Cochrane was out injured with a knee cartilage problem.
  • rib: I don't know whether you've ever had a rib cartilage... Erm, not that we know of.