'Cartilage' definitions:
Definition of 'cartilage'
(from WordNet)
noun
Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults [syn: cartilage, gristle]
Definition of 'Cartilage'
From: GCIDE
- Cartilage \Car"ti*lage\, n. [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under Duplication. [1913 Webster]
- Articular cartilage, cartilage that lines the joints.
- Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage.
- Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of Thorax. [1913 Webster]