Cartilage - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɑːrtɪlɪdʒ|  American pronunciation of the word cartilage
Brit.  |ˈkɑːt(ɪ)lɪdʒ|  British pronunciation of the word cartilage

noun

- tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults (syn: gristle)

Extra examples

She fell and damaged some cartilage in her knee.

The cartilage will ossify, becoming bone.

An immortal soul imprisoned in a cage of cartilage and of skin. (D. Brewster, More Worlds than One, 1854)

Word forms

noun
singular: cartilage
plural: cartilages
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