Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Cartilaginous; pertaining to or consisting of cartilage or a cartilage, especially a costal cartilage: used chiefly in combination: as, interchondral, costochondral.

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  • adjective anatomy Of or pertaining to cartilage

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Examples

  • The cartilages were ligated with heavy silk, and the hemorrhage checked by ligature and by packing gauze in the inter-chondral spaces.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • The cartilages were ligated with heavy silk, and the hemorrhage checked by ligature and by packing gauze in the inter-chondral spaces.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Linas Kleiza made his first appearance since in 11 months after undergoing microfracture surgery on Feb. 1 to repair both a torn meniscus and chondral defect in his right knee, and had 10 points and three rebounds.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed JEFF BLAIR 2012

  • The chondral phase consists of a unique Type I bovine collagen matrix that provides a malleable, flexible substratum that allows cell infiltration and de novo formation of hyaline tissue.

    Medgadget 2010

  • The Cartilage Repair Device (CRD) is a unique synthetic bioresorbable implant designed to address chondral and osteochondral defects.

    Medgadget 2010

  • This novel electrosurgical device is designed to aid the surgeon by selectively targeting diseased cartilage tissue during procedures intent to restore smooth chondral surfaces.

    PRWeb - Daily News Feed 2010

  • This is a 37 year old patient from Ohio that had a full-thickness chondral lesion that was repaired with the articular cartilage paste graft procedure at The Stone Clinic in 2009. www.

    WN.com - Articles related to Hip hope from stem cell technique 2010

  • According to DiNubile, both mosaicplasty and microfracture are regenerative methods to repair a chondral defect or what DiNubile explains as a pothole in the joint cushion.

    NY Daily News HANK GOLA 2010

  • This is a 37 year old patient from Ohio that had a full-thickness chondral lesion that was repaired with the articular cartilage paste graft procedure at The Stone Clinic in 2009.

    WN.com - Articles related to Hip hope from stem cell technique 2010

  • This is a 37 year old patient from Ohio that had a full-thickness chondral lesion that was repaired with the articular cartilage paste graft procedure at The Stone Clinic in 2009.

    WN.com - Articles related to Hip hope from stem cell technique 2010

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