Meaning of MENISCUS
| Pronunciation: | | mi'niskus
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| | Definition: | | [n] a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a point |
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| | See Also: | | cartilage, gristle | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Me*nis"cus\, n.; pl. L. {Menisci} (-s[=i]), E.
{Meniscuses}. [NL., from Gr. ?, dim. of mh`nh the moon.]
1. A crescent.
2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
3. (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane;
esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some
parts of the vertebral column of birds.
{Converging meniscus}, {Diverging meniscus}. See {Lens}.
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| | Definition: | | a part of the cartilage in the knees and other joints. |
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| | Related Terms: | | achromatic lens, astigmatic lens, burning glass, camera, coated lens, concave lens, concavo-convex lens, condenser, convex lens, crescent, crescent moon, eyeglass, eyepiece, glass, half-moon, hand lens, horseshoe, lens, lunula, lunule, magnifier, magnifying glass, object glass, objective, objective prism, ocular, prism, reader, reading glass, scythe, semicircle, sickle, telephoto lens, toric lens, varifocal lens, zoom lens |
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