cartilagelike

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adjective

Resembling cartilage.

“The patient's liver contained cartilagelike tissue.”

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English cartilage →
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Meanings

adjectivecartilagelike (not comparable)
  1. not comparableResembling cartilage.

    The patient's liver contained cartilagelike tissue.

Origin

  1. Englishcartilage
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*līką
  4. Englishcartilagelike

From cartilage + -like.

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APA

cartilagelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartilagelike

MLA

“cartilagelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartilagelike. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartilagelike,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartilagelike.

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