cartilage
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Damage to the cartilage in his knees was causing such severe pain that he could barely walk up and down stairs.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
"We used a personalized approach to selecting each individual's new walking pattern, which improved how much individuals could offload their knee and likely contributed to the positive effect on pain and cartilage that we saw."
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
For about $70, a plastic surgeon injected the ridged cartilage of her ears with a hyaluronic-acid filler that caused her ears to perk up.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
Oil seep hydrocarbons and oxygen-free mud protected not only bones but also delicate tissues such as skin and cartilage.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
I feel myself sometimes, in anxious moods, playing with the cartilage of my nose exactly as my brother does.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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