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: gristle
English
> 1 sense of the word
gristle
:
NOUN
body
gristle
,
cartilage
tough
/
tough
elastic tissue
gristle > pronunciation
Sounds
grih'sahl
Rhymes
abdominal
...
zoological
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English
>
gristle
: 1 sense
> noun 1, body
Meaning
tough
/
tough
elastic tissue
; mostly
converted
to
bone
in
adults
.
Synonym
cartilage
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
gristly
difficult to
chew
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