cartilaginous
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cartilage (ˈkɑːtɪlɪdʒ, ˈkɑːtlɪdʒ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Nontechnical name: gristle a tough elastic tissue composing most of the embryonic skeleton of vertebrates. In the adults of higher vertebrates it is mostly converted into bone, remaining only on the articulating ends of bones, in the thorax, trachea, nose, and ears | |
| [C16: from Latin cartilāgō] | |
| cartilaginous | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
cartilaginous
1540s, from L. cartilaginosus, from cartilaginem (nom. cartilago) "cartilage, gristle."
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cartilaginous car·ti·lag·i·nous (kär'tl-āj'ə-nəs)
adj.
Chondral.
Having a skeleton consisting primarily of cartilage.
Having the texture of cartilage.
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Example sentences
At birth the humerus is ossified in nearly its whole length, only the extremities remaining cartilaginous.
One role may stem from the shark's cartilaginous skeleton.
Sharks and rays can be heavier, but they're cartilaginous fish.
People noticed this weird cartilaginous rod, but they forgot that this thing was even there.
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