cartilage.

A resilient connective tissue that supports or cushions structures while being more flexible than bone.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• articular cartilage
• nasal cartilage

On the page

Cartilage resisted the pressure where she had expected the joint to yield.

In the fiction, cartilage formed an unfamiliar ridge beneath the otherwise ordinary skin.

Usage notes

Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable; cartilages for distinct anatomical structures. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.