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. [1913 Webster] 2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other. [1913 Webster] 3. (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. [1913 Webster] Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens. [1913 Webster]