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meniscus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | semilunar cartilage |
| Type of | gristle, cartilage |
meniscus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | lens system, lens, lense |
meniscus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | surface |
Examples of meniscus
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John has started wearing some padding on his knee, where he has a torn meniscus.
From the stltoday.com
Femi John is playing with a torn meniscus in his knee that will require surgery.
From the stltoday.com
According to a team source, there doesn't seem to be any damage to the meniscus.
From the newsday.com
Sala had surgery earlier this season to repair a torn meniscus on the same knee.
From the sacbee.com
The position of the crescent-shaped meniscus between the liquids shows the hour.
From the nytimes.com
He has torn meniscus in his right knee and will undergo surgery at season's end.
From the dailynews.com
There are various types of meniscus tears and his is not believed to be serious.
From the freep.com
In an arthroscopic meniscus repair surgery, only the torn cartilage is removed.
From the kansas.com
Kerry Wood's season is over after he tore the meniscus in his left knee Saturday.
From the suntimes.com
- (anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
- (optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other
- (physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube
- The meniscus (plural: meniscuses, from the Greek for "crescent") is the curve in the upper surface of a standing body of liquid, produced in response to the surface of the container or another object. It can be either convex or concave. ...
- In anatomy, a meniscus (from Greek meniskos, "crescent") is a crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous structure that, in contrast to articular disks, only partly divides a joint cavityPlatzer (2004), p 208. ...
- (Menisci) The knee's flat shock absorbers
- (Menisci) Wedge-shaped fibrocartilages in certain synovial joints.
- The crescent shaped cartilage between the femur and tibia.
- Capsular cushion between temporomandibluar joint and glenoid fossa
