cartilage
UK/ˈkɑː.tɪl.ɪd͡ʒ//ˈkɑɹ.təl.ɪd͡ʒ/
cartilage noun: a usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
Noun
cartilage (countable and uncountable, plural cartilages)
- A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
- Synonyms:
- gristle
- A particular structure made of cartilage.
cartilage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cartilage in Hindi
- elastic tissue
- उपास्थि upāsthi, कार्टिलेज kārṭilej
cartilage in Tamil
- குருத்தெலும்பு, உறுதியான, நீளுந்தன்மையுள்ள சவ்வு, கசியிழையம், செவிமடல், முள் எலும்புத் தட்டுகள்
cartilage in Marathi
- उपास्थि, उपास्थी, कार्टिलेज
cartilage in Urdu
- elastic tissue
- کُر کُرّی ہَڈّی kur kurrī haḍḍī, کُرّی kurrī, غُضْروف ġuzrūf, غَضْروف ġazrūf, اُپاسْتی upāsti, کارْٹِلیج kārṭilej
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- cartilage in Bengali
- উপাস্থি upasthi, কোমলাস্থি kōmolasthi
- cartilage in Telugu
- మృదులాస్థి, కార్టిలెజ్
- cartilage in Malayalam
- ഉപാസ്ഥി, തരുണാസ്ഥി
- cartilage in Kannada
- ಮೃದು ಎಲುಬು, ಮೃದ್ವಸ್ಥಿ
- cartilage in Punjabi
- ਕਾਰਟੀਲੇਜ, ਕਾਰਟੀਲੈਜ
- cartilage in Gujarati
- કાસ્થિ kāsthi, કુમળું હાડકું kumaḷũ hāḍkũ, કૂણું હાડકું kūṇũ hāḍkũ
- cartilage in Odia
- କାର୍ଟିଲେଜ୍, କାର୍ଟିଲେଜ, ଉପାସ୍ଥି
- cartilage in Sinhala
- කීකසය kīkasaya, කෝමලාස්ථි kōmalāsthi
- cartilage in Nepali
- कार्टिलेज, उपास्थि, कोमलास्थि
- cartilage in Pashto
- غضروف ǧazruf
- cartilage in Tagalog
- kartilago, malabuto
- cartilage in Arabic
- غُضْرُوف ḡuḍrūf
- cartilage in Malay
- rawan
- cartilage in Indonesian
- tulang rawan, rawan
- cartilage in Persian
- غُضروف ġozruf, کُرجَن korjan
- cartilage in Thai
- กระดูกอ่อน grà-dùuk-ɔ̀ɔn
- cartilage in Vietnamese
- sụn
- cartilage in Myanmar
- အရိုးနု a.rui:nu.
Examples of cartilage in a sentence
- Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage.
- Biological examples include connective tissues (cartilage and tendons) and cellular cytoskeleta.
- They are known as osteochondral scaffolds, because they support new bone and cartilage as it grows.
Synonyms of cartilage
Forms of cartilage
| plural | cartilages |
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Origin of cartilage
Borrowed from French cartilage, from Latin cartilāgō. Partially displaced native gristle, from Old English gristel.
Words formed from cartilage
- articular cartilage
- arytenoid cartilage
- biocartilage
- cartilage-hair hypoplasia
- cartilagelike
- cartilaginoid
- cartilaginous
- cartilogenesis
- costal cartilage
- cricoid cartilage
- fibrocartilage
- greater alar cartilage
- hyaline cartilage
- mucocartilage
- neocartilage
- pericartilage
- Santorini's cartilage
- thyroid cartilage
- Wrisberg's cartilage
Questions about cartilage
- What does cartilage mean?
- Cartilage means a usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
- What is cartilage in Hindi?
- Cartilage in Hindi is उपास्थि (upāsthi), कार्टिलेज (kārṭilej). See Cartilage meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cartilage?
- Cartilage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cartilage?
- Cartilage is pronounced /ˈkɑː.tɪl.ɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cartilage?
- The plural of cartilage is cartilages.
Words near cartilage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cartilage (page history and authors); cartilage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cartilage (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cartilage (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cartilage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cartilage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cartilage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cartilage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cartilage (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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