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meniscus

[mi-nis-kuhs] / mɪˈnɪs kəs /




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It soon emerged that he had a torn meniscus that threatened his chances of reaching the Milan Cortina Games.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

The surgery has long been based on the idea that knee pain, especially on the inner side, is caused by a meniscus tear that can be fixed surgically.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

"But let's see how they respond, with no cartilage and no meniscus..."

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2026

She added that she had also suffered bone bruising and meniscus damage from her fall in a race which was abandoned early due to awful conditions which caused two other crashes.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

There is no part of the island so thickly inhabited as this flat meniscus.

From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel)




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