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cartilage

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


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They also showed encouraging signs of slower deterioration in their knee cartilage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The 2026 study did not examine long-term cartilage deterioration, so it cannot establish whether these additional walking strategies slow osteoarthritis progression.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

The researchers found that this heightened activity can intensify pain signaling while also pushing chondrocytes toward breaking down the cartilage they would normally help preserve.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

In a study published in Bioactive Materials, scientists found that the medication lacosamide can serve two purposes in osteoarthritis, reducing joint pain while also reversing cartilage damage.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

She couldn’t have been more than fourteen or fifteen and seemed to have as many piercings in the cartilage of each ear.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

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

Androgens produce several complications such as liver dysfunctions prostate gland enlargement, difficulty urinating, premature closure of epiphyseal cartilages, testicular atrophy, infertility, and immune system depression.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The skeletal system includes all of the bones, cartilages, and ligaments of the body that support and give shape to the body and body structures.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013

The epicoracoidal cartilages overlap in the usual arciferal manner, except that they are fused anteriorly between the slender clavicles.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William E. Duellman




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