fibrocartilage

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noun

A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres.

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Meanings

nounfibrocartilage (countable and uncountable, plural fibrocartilages)

plural fibrocartilages

  1. countableuncountableA tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres.

Origin

From fibro- + cartilage.

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APA

fibrocartilage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibrocartilage

MLA

“fibrocartilage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibrocartilage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fibrocartilage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fibrocartilage.

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