different between cartilage vs chondrocyte
cartilage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French cartilage, from Latin cartil?g?. Partially displaced native gristle, from Old English gristel.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k??.t?l.?d??/, /?k??t.l?d??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??.t?l.?d??/, /?k??t.l?d??/
Noun
cartilage (countable and uncountable, plural cartilages)
- (anatomy, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
- Synonym: gristle
- (anatomy, countable) A particular structure made of cartilage.
Derived terms
- cartilaginoid
- cartilaginous
- cartilogenesis
Translations
References
- “cartilage”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
- “cartilage”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cartil?g?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?.ti.la?/
Noun
cartilage m (uncountable)
- (anatomy) cartilage
Further reading
- “cartilage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- glacerait
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation 1377-1377, borrowed from Latin cartil?g?.
Noun
cartilage m (oblique plural cartilages, nominative singular cartilages, nominative plural cartilage)
- (anatomy) cartilage
cartilage From the web:
- what cartilage is in the ear
- what cartilage connects the ribs to the sternum
- what cartilage forms the adam's apple
- what cartilage is at the end of long bones
- what cartilage is in the nose
- what cartilage is in the knee
- what cartilage is in the trachea
- what cartilage is in the larynx
chondrocyte
English
Etymology
From chondro- +? -cyte.
Noun
chondrocyte (plural chondrocytes)
- A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
Derived terms
- chondrocytic
- fibrochondrocyte
- perichondrocyte
- prechondrocyte
Translations
chondrocyte From the web:
- chondrocytes what does it do
- what do chondrocytes do
- what are chondrocytes and where are they found
- what do chondrocytes produce
- what protects chondrocytes
- what are chondrocytes and osteocytes
- what is chondrocyte hypertrophy
- what are chondrocytes made of
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