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meniscus

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meniscus  \Me*nis"cus\,  n.;  pl  L.  {Menisci}  (-s[=i]),  E. 
  {Meniscuses}.  [NL.,  from  Gr  ?,  dim.  of  mh`nh  the  moon.] 
  1.  A  crescent. 
 
  2.  (Opt.)  A  lens  convex  on  one  side  and  concave  on  the  other 
 
  3.  (Anat.)  An  interarticular  synovial  cartilage  or  membrane; 
  esp.,  one  of  the  intervertebral  synovial  disks  in  some 
  parts  of  the  vertebral  column  of  birds. 
 
  {Converging  meniscus},  {Diverging  meniscus}.  See  {Lens}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  meniscus 
  n  :  a  disk  of  cartilage  that  serves  as  a  cusion  between  the  ends 
  of  bones  that  meet  at  a  point




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