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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cartilage \Car"ti*lage\, n. [L. cartilago; cf F. cartilage.] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. 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}. {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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cartilage n : tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults [syn: {gristle}]
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