(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
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the largest cartilage of the larynx
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(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.a joint so articulated as to move freely
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.a joint so articulated as to move freely
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.the joint of a mammal or bird that corresponds to the human elbow
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.the joint between the cannon bone and the pastern
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Orthopaedics, Medical anatomy.joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
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Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.An incision into the windpipe or larynx, including the operations of tracheotomy and laryngotomy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.a condition caused by blocking the airways to the lungs (as with food or swelling of the larynx)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.The opening from the pharynx into the larynx or into the trachea. See Larynx.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in utterin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in croup.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: largest, cartilage, larynx.An instrument, consisting of an arrangement of two mirrors, for reflecting light upon the larynx, and for examining its image.
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