Definitions for: Meniscus

[n] a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a point

Webster (1913) Definition: Me*nis"cus, n.; pl. L. Menisci (-s[=i]), E.
Meniscuses. [NL., from Gr. ?, dim. of mh`nh the moon.]
1. A crescent.

2. (Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.

3. (Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane;
esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some
parts of the vertebral column of birds.

Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens.

See Also: cartilage, gristle

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