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cartilage bone - 4 dictionary results

cartilage bone

–noun
a bone that develops from cartilage.
Compare membrane bone.
cartilage bone  
n.  A bone developed from cartilage.

Main Entry: cartilage bone
Function: noun
: a bone formed by ossification of cartilage —compare MEMBRANE BONE

cartilage bone n.
A bone that develops in the region of a cartilage after the cartilage is partially or completely destroyed. Also called endochondral bone.

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