meniscoid

comparative more meniscoid · superlative most meniscoid

1. Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.

plural meniscoids

1. A synovial fold (fold made of synovial membrane); plica.

   Biomechanical studies have suggested facet impingement of the meniscoid (synovial fold) as a whiplash injury mechansim.

   2000, Satoshi Inami, Koji Kaneoka, Naoyuki Ochiai, “Anatomy of the Cervical Facet Joints Meniscoids”, in Narayan Yoganandan, Frank A. Pintar, editor, Frontiers in Whiplash Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical, page 72