Meaning of GRISTLE
| Pronunciation: | | 'grisul
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| | Definition: | | [n] tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults |
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| | Synonyms: | | cartilage |
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| | See Also: | | Adam's apple, animal tissue, arytaenoid, arytenoid, arytenoid cartilage, cartilaginous structure, collagen, fibrocartilage, ground substance, hyaline cartilage, intercellular substance, matrix, meniscus, thyroid cartilage | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gris"tle\, n. [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin
to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf.
OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. {Grist}.] (Anat.)
Cartilage. See {Cartilage}. --Bacon.
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