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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Meniscus (0.01408 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Meniscus.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: meniscus
meniscus
n : a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the
ends of bones that meet at a point
[also:
menisci (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Meniscus
Meniscus
\Me*nis"cus\, n.; pl. L.
Menisci (-s[=i]), E.
Meniscuses. [NL., from Gr. mhni`skos, dim. of mh`nh the
moon.]
1. A crescent.
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2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
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3. (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane;
esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some
parts of the vertebral column of birds.
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Converging meniscus,
Diverging meniscus. See
Lens.
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