1) Cartilage 2) Concavo-convex lens 3) Crescent 4) Crescent-shaped thing 5) Disk of cartilage in the knee 6) Gristle 7) Knee cartilage
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1) Lens
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A curved lens, having one spherical convex and one spherical concave surface.
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crescent-shaped object; concave lens
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• (n.) A crescent. • (n.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. • (n.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
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(from the article `fluid mechanics`) ...a tube of narrow bore, often called a capillary tube, is dipped into a liquid. If the liquid `wets` the tube (with zero contact angle), the liquid ...
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(from the article `joint`) ...to the joint capsule (the investing ligament) and that stretch across the joint cavity between a pair of conarticular surfaces. When complete they ... ...provided that the edges are not totally separated from each other. Internal derangements of the knee most often arise from tears in the semilunar ... [...
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Curved surface of a liquid in a container.
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A curved part of cartilage in the knees and other joints
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A crescent-shaped disk of cartilaginous tissue found in several joints in the body. The knee joint has two menisci; the wrist joint and the temporomandibular joints of the jaw have one each. The main functions of the menisci, which are held in position by ligaments, are to reduce friction during joi...
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That part of the insulation coating on a dipped component which has flowed up onto the lead, such as on a dipped capacitor.
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(mә-nis´kәs) the concave or convex surface of a column of liquid, as in a medication cup in anatomy, a crescent-shaped structure. It is often used alone to designate one of the crescent-shaped disks of fibrocartilage in the knee joint. adj., menis´cal., adj.
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Aa crescent-shaped structure that acts as a smooth surface for the joint to move on. From the Greek word meniskos, meaning crescent.
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me·nis'cus noun ;
plural Latin
menisci (-sī), English
Meniscuses . [ New Latin , from Greek
mhni`skos , dim. of
mh`nh the moon.]
1. A crescent.
2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
3. (Ana...Found on
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A crescent shaped cartilage in the wrist and knee joints.
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Either of two crescent-shaped lamellae of fibrocartilage that border and partly cover the articulating surfaces of the tibia and femur at the knee
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Meniscus: The word 'meniscus' comes from the Greek and refers to a crescent-shaped structure. Today a meniscus is something that is shaped like a crescent moon or a croissant pastry. A meniscus can be an anatomic feature. For example, the medial meniscus of the knee is a crescent-shaped cartilage pad between the two joints formed by the femur (the ...
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Meniscus is a slip of cartridge at either side of the knee joint, separating the surfaces of the joint.
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A meniscus is a lens convex on one side and concave on the other, having the concavity less than the convexity, and shaped like the new moon.
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meniscus (s), menisci (pl) 1. A crescent-shaped body. 2. A concavo-convex lens. 3. The curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a container that is concave if the liquid wets the container walls and convex if it does not. 4. The free surface of a liquid that is near the walls of a vessel and which is curved because of surface tensio...
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a crescent-shaped pad of cartilage in joints that helps to reduce friction
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semilunar cartilage noun (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
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In physics, the curved shape of the surface of a liquid in a thin tube, caused by the cohesive effects of surface tension (capillary action). When the walls of the container are made wet by the liquid, the meniscus is concave, but with highly viscous liquids (such as mercury) the meniscus is convex. ...
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Latin menis - a small crescent.
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a soft cartilage that exists in the knee joint and serves as a cushion; if torn, symptoms can include pain, swelling, or locking; meniscus can be either removed or repaired through an arthroscopic procedure
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