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What is the noun for cartiliginous?

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cartilage
  1. (anatomy) A type of dense, non-vascular connective tissue, usually found at the end of joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between intervertebral disks.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The bulge in the neck known as the Adam's apple is the front of this cartilage.”
      “New orthopedic options using autogenous tissue to repair articular cartilage defects of the knee are emerging.”
      “Ultrasonography provides visualization of the cartilage, hip stability and features of the acetabulum.”
cartilaginoid
  1. (medicine) A cartilage-like nodule, growth or other structure, which is not part of the normal anatomy.
cartilaginification
cartilege
  1. Archaic form of cartilage.
  2. Examples:
    1. “And Birmingham City keeper Colin Doyle will also miss the two games in Portugal tomorrow and Monday after suffering a cartilege tear in his knee.”
      “Steve Jones remains sidelined with a cartilege problem in his knee.”
      “Scientists at the Laboratory for Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication at Massachusetts General Hospital have used a titanium frame to regrow ears from sheep cartilege.”
cartilaginoids
  1. plural of cartilaginoid
cartilages
  1. plural of cartilage
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He had subsequent radical excision of the recurrent nodule, including surrounding abdominal wall, costal cartilages, and ribs.”
      “A more common variation in the sternum is asymmetry of the costal cartilages, which may articulate in an alternating pattern.”
      “The lower lateral cartilages become shortened at the medial crura and elongated and displaced in the lateral crura.”
cartileges
  1. plural of cartilege
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