American English pronunciation

How to pronounce cartilage

IPA transcription: ['kɑɹtələdʒ]

Pronunciation variants: ['kɑɹtələdʒ]['kɑɹtəlɪdʒ]

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Noun

  • tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults

Usage examples

  • The cartilage in the affected joints will degrade, soften and wear away.
  • The gene variant was hypothesized to disrupt normal building and maintenance of cartilage.
  • The cartilage is the continuation of the cartilage framework of pinna.
  • The fibroblasts within the granulation tissue develop into chondroblasts which also form hyaline cartilage.
  • Articulation between costal cartilage of the ninth rib and tenth rib is fibrous.
  • It is the most prevalent form of cartilage.
  • The appendicular skeleton forms during development from cartilage, by the process of endochondral ossification.
  • O'Dell suffered from a torn knee cartilage.
  • During early embryonic development the endoskeleton is composed of notochord and cartilage.
  • "Chondroplastic" - pertaining to plastic operations on cartilage.