Definition of Fibrocartilaginous

1. Adjective. Of or relating to fibrocartilage.

Partainyms: Fibrocartilage

Definition of Fibrocartilaginous

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to fibrocartilage ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Fibrocartilaginous

1. Relating to or composed of fibrocartilage. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fibrocartilaginous

fibro-osteoma
fibroadenoma
fibroadipose
fibroareolar
fibroblast
fibroblast growth factor
fibroblast growth factor receptor
fibroblast growth factor receptor-like embryonic kinase
fibroblast interferon
fibroblastic
fibroblastoid
fibroblasts
fibrocalcific
fibrocarcinoma
fibrocartilage
fibrocartilaginous (current term)
fibrocartilaginous ring
fibrocartilago
fibrocartilago basalis
fibrocartilago interarticularis
fibrocartilago intervertebralis
fibrocaseous peritonitis
fibrocellular
fibrochondritis
fibrochondroma
fibrochondrosteal
fibrocongestive
fibrocyst
fibrocystic
fibrocystic breast disease

Literary usage of Fibrocartilaginous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1908)
"This enables the surgeon to see the deej>er portion of the meatus clearly, and also increases somewhat the diameter of the meatus. as its fibrocartilaginous ..."

2. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The deep fibres pass transversely across the symphysis, and are blended with the fibrocartilaginous lamina. The Posterior Pubic Ligament. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"Stacke, in his earlier operation, advocated the splitting of the fibrocartilaginous meatus along the posterior aspect and tucking the two triangular flaps ..."

4. Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, Medical and Surgical by Wendell Christopher Phillips (1919)
"In the Siebenmann modification the primary incision is made to extend through the middle posterior portion of the fibrocartilaginous canal from its tympanic ..."

5. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"That is to say, furunculosis of the meatus is almost invariably confined to the fibrocartilaginous portion, whereas in acute diffuse external otitis the ..."

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