1. Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
   - gristle

Derived forms: cartilages

See also: cartilaginous

Type of: animal tissue

Part of: cartilaginous structure

Encyclopedia: Cartilage

• pulmonary stenosis
• pulmonary trunk
• pulmonary tuberculosis
• pulmonary valve
• pulmonary vein
• Pulmonata
• pulmonate
• pulmonic
• pulmonic plague
• pulmonologist
• pulmonology
• pulp
• pulp cavity
• pulp magazine
• pulpiness
• pulpit
• pulpwood
• pulpy
• pulque
• pulsar
• pulsate
• pulsatile
• Pulsatilla
• Pulsatilla occidentalis
• Pulsatilla patens