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Definition of cartilaginous in English: cartilaginousadjective ˌkɑːtɪˈladʒɪnəsˌkɑrdlˈædʒənəs Anatomy 1Made of cartilage. Example sentencesExamples - The human larynx is composed of cartilaginous tissue that early in adulthood progressively undergoes ossification.
- It is formed by cartilaginous, bony and connective tissue structures.
- There are three types of joints, fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial.
- Over the years, a 64-year-old man has had repeated bouts of tenderness of the cartilaginous part of both ears that typically last for one to two weeks.
- Although most of the nasal structures are cartilaginous, the nasal bones usually are fractured in an injury.
Synonyms chewy, leathery, gristly, stringy, fibrous, sinewy - 1.1Zoology (of a vertebrate animal) having a skeleton of cartilage.
Example sentencesExamples - Like all sharks, dogfish have no true bones but make do with a cartilaginous skeleton.
- These organisms had a cartilaginous internal skeleton and a bony exoskeleton.
- This property (among others) allows the tail to be light and flexible, yet stiff enough to generate thrust in the absence of a bony or cartilaginous skeleton.
- Since sturgeons and paddlefish have lost many traits of most bony fish - they lack scales and have a cartilaginous skeleton - their fossil records are very sparse.
- The freshwater sawfish, a ray, is related to stingrays, skates, sharks, and other fishes with cartilaginous skeletons.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin cartilaginosus, from cartilago, cartilagin- 'cartilage'. Definition of cartilaginous in US English: cartilaginousadjectiveˌkärdlˈajənəsˌkɑrdlˈædʒənəs Anatomy 1(of a structure) made of cartilage. Example sentencesExamples - The human larynx is composed of cartilaginous tissue that early in adulthood progressively undergoes ossification.
- Over the years, a 64-year-old man has had repeated bouts of tenderness of the cartilaginous part of both ears that typically last for one to two weeks.
- Although most of the nasal structures are cartilaginous, the nasal bones usually are fractured in an injury.
- There are three types of joints, fibrous, cartilaginous, and synovial.
- It is formed by cartilaginous, bony and connective tissue structures.
Synonyms chewy, leathery, gristly, stringy, fibrous, sinewy - 1.1Zoology (of a vertebrate animal) having a skeleton of cartilage.
Example sentencesExamples - The freshwater sawfish, a ray, is related to stingrays, skates, sharks, and other fishes with cartilaginous skeletons.
- Like all sharks, dogfish have no true bones but make do with a cartilaginous skeleton.
- These organisms had a cartilaginous internal skeleton and a bony exoskeleton.
- This property (among others) allows the tail to be light and flexible, yet stiff enough to generate thrust in the absence of a bony or cartilaginous skeleton.
- Since sturgeons and paddlefish have lost many traits of most bony fish - they lack scales and have a cartilaginous skeleton - their fossil records are very sparse.
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin cartilaginosus, from cartilago, cartilagin- ‘cartilage’. |