semilunar cartilage

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   (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint

   Synonymsmeniscus

   Broadercartilage

   anatomy

Questions about semilunar cartilage

What does semilunar cartilage mean?

semilunar cartilage means "(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint".

What is another word for semilunar cartilage?

Close synonyms include meniscus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is semilunar cartilage a common word?

semilunar cartilage is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.