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cartilage

/kahr-tl-ij, kahrt-lij/US // ˈkɑr tl ɪdʒ, ˈkɑrt lɪdʒ //UK // (ˈkɑːtɪlɪdʒ, ˈkɑːtlɪdʒ) //

关节,关节炎,关节炎症

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Anatomy, Zoology.

    • : a firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whitish or yellowish color; gristle.
    • : a part or structure composed of cartilage.

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Examples

  • Then, earlier this year, she underwent surgery on her wrist to repair damaged cartilage and bone from overuse and small, repetitive traumas.

  • The bonus bones are part of the un-fused road map of an adult skeleton, and contain gaps of cartilage that allow for extra flexibility and growth potential.

  • Sharks’ bodies are made of mostly cartilage, which doesn’t tend to fossilize.

  • The frayed tendons and thinning cartilage, and the time and energy it takes to rehab them, can limit training, ultimately hurting performance.

  • The main result of the study is that runners with a greater deviation from the habitual motion path measured from their half-squat had significantly greater loss of cartilage volume in three parts of the knee during the run.

  • Cartilage in his left knee tore, and everything changed for both Webber and the Kings.

  • A hole developed, which had actually been caused by a breaking of a band of cartilage at the front of his hip joint.

  • If inclined to be vicious, the bulls should have rings thrust through the cartilage of their nose when young.

  • Bone would prove too unyielding, but cartilage, or gristle, meets the case exactly.

  • Shows the thyroid cartilage above and the cricoid below both viewed from the side.

  • It is situated below the thyroid cartilage, with which it is connected by a membrane, the crico-thyroid.

  • It was a bone, as large as a finger, passed through the cartilage.