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fibrocartilage

[ fahy-broh-kahr-tl-ij, -kahrt-lij ]

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.
  1. a type of cartilage having a large number of fibers.
  2. a part or structure composed of such cartilage.


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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of fibrocartilage1

First recorded in 1825–35; fibro- + cartilage
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Example Sentences

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It involves creating small holes in the bone under the cartilage defect that stimulate the growth of fibrocartilage, a type of cartilage that resembles scar tissue.

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Eventually, fibrocartilage is formed, which helps fills in the holes created by damaged cartilage.

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Tendons, ligaments, and subchondral bone are classified as “significantly†pain-sensitive, while muscle and cortical bone’s sensitivity has been established as “moderate,†and articular cartilage and fibrocartilage’s as “mild.â€

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In the second stage, from the tenth to the twentieth day, the tumor or callus is formed and fibrocartilage is developed inside and around the exposed end of the bone.

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It slowly resumed the normal position by the elasticity of the intervertebral fibrocartilage, and there was complete recovery in ten days.

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