CARTILAGES

Noun

cartilages

plural of cartilage

Anagrams

• agrestical

Source: Wiktionary

CARTILAGE

Car"ti*lage, n. Etym: [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition