different between cartilage vs chondromalacia

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)

1. (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

2. (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)

1. (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)

1. (anatomy) cartilage

English

Etymology

chondro- +? malacia

Noun

chondromalacia (countable and uncountable, plural chondromalacias)

1. A painful condition caused by irritation of cartilage, often in the undersurface of the kneecap.

Synonyms

• chondromalacia patellae