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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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115 words match “CARTILAGE”

EPIPUBIS n.
A cartilage or bone in front of the pubis in some amphibians and other animals.
EXTRABRANCHIAL a.
Outside of the branchial arches; -- said of the cartilages thus placed in some fishes.
FIBULARE n.
The bone or cartilage of the tarsus, which articulates with the fibula, and corresponds to the calcaneum in man and most mammals.
FLOATING a.
eels being driven by stream power. (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock. -- Floating cartilage (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the functions of the latter. -- Floating dam. (a) An anchored dam. (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock. -- Floating der…
GLOSSOHYAL a.
o the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The glossohyal bone or cartilage; lingual bone; entoglossal bone.
GRISTLE n.
Cartilage. See Cartilage. Bacon.
HETEROPLASTIC a.
Producing a different type of organism; developing into a different form of tissue, as cartilage which develops into bone. Haeckel.
HYOMANDIBULAR a. 2 definitions
ng both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid arch which connects the lower jaw with the skull in fishes. -- n.
HYPOBRANCHIAL a.
A hypobranchial bone or cartilage.
HYPOCHONDRIAC a.
driasis. Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region.
HYPOHYAL a.
One of the hypohyal bones or cartilages.
INTERARTICULAR a.
Situated between joints or articulations; as, interarticular cartilages and ligaments.
INTERCARTILAGINOUS a.
Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.
INTERHEMAL; INTERHAEMAL a.
An interhemal spine or cartilage.
INTERHYAL a.
An interhyal ligament or cartilage.
INTERMEDIUM n.
The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals.
INTERNASAL a.
Between the nasal cavities; as, the internasal cartilage.
INTERNEURAL a.
An interneural spine or cartilage.
INTERPARIETAL a. 2 definitions
Between the parietal bones or cartilages; as, the interparietal suture. -- n.
INTERPUBIC a.
Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk.
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