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cartilage

[kahr-tl-ij, kahrt-lij] / ˈkɑr tl ɪdʒ, ˈkɑrt lɪdʒ /


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The condition develops as the tissues within the knee joint, including the cartilage that cushions the ends of bones, gradually deteriorate.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

In experiments with rats, the substance reduced joint swelling, protected cartilage, and calmed harmful immune activity.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The researchers also did not evaluate whether the treatment slows cartilage loss or prevents patients from eventually needing joint replacement.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Although exercise, physical therapy, weight management, and medications can help manage symptoms, there is currently no established treatment that reliably restores cartilage lost to osteoarthritis.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The face looks as if it has melted, exposing the cheekbones, the tip of the nose cartilage, and teeth in a lipless mouth.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

First, the tiny cartilages in the human larynx -- called the arytenoids -- that change the position of our vocal folds, have changed dramatically in whales.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 21, 2024

This ancient fish had separated, independent cartilages encasing the brain, rather than the solid bone or cartilage structure of jawless and jawed fish that followed it.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023

For ribs 8–10, the costal cartilages are attached to the cartilage of the next higher rib.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The sclerotomes consist of an embryonic tissue called mesenchyme, which will give rise to the fibrous connective tissues, cartilages, and bones of the body.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

It is composed of various cartilages, united in the form of a little box, and supplied with numerous muscles, that, moving altogether or separately, produce the variations of sound.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen


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