'Meckel's cartilage' definitions:

Definition of 'Meckel's cartilage'

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  • Meckelian \Meck*e"li*an\, a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German anatomist. [1913 Webster]
  • Meckelian cartilage, the cartilaginous rod which forms the axis of the mandible; -- called also Meckel's cartilage. [1913 Webster]