cartilage (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *cartilage*:
NOUN	body	cartilage, gristle	tough / tough elastic tissue

cartilage > pronunciation
Sounds	kaa'rtahlahjh; kaa'rtahlihjh
Rhymes	acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh...
Rhymes	abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh...

English > *cartilage*: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaning	tough / tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults.
Synonym	gristle
Parts	matrix, intercellular substance, ground substance	The body substance in which tissue cells are embedded
Narrower	arytenoid, arytaenoid, arytenoid cartilage	Either of two small cartilages at the back of the larynx to which the vocal folds are attached
	fibrocartilage	cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
	hyaline cartilage	translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages
	meniscus, semilunar cartilage	(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet / meet at a joint
	thyroid cartilage, Adam's apple	The largest cartilage of the larynx
Broader	animal tissue	The tissue in the bodies of animals
Substance of	cartilaginous structure	body structure given shape by cartilage
Substances	collagen	A fibrous scleroprotein in bone and cartilage and tendon and other connective tissue
Spanish	cartílago, tejido cartilaginoso
Catalan	cartílag, teixit cartilaginós
Adjectives	cartilaginous	of or relating to cartilage

HyperDic: cartilage