HYALINE CARTILAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyaline cartilage mean? 

• HYALINE CARTILAGE (noun)
  The noun HYALINE CARTILAGE has 1 sense:

1. translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton

  Familiarity information: HYALINE CARTILAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYALINE CARTILAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Translucent cartilage that is common in joints and the respiratory passages; forms most of the fetal skeleton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("hyaline cartilage" is a kind of...):

cartilage; gristle (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)

 Context examples 

A benign neoplasm composed of hyaline cartilage arising from the periosteum of the bone.

(Periosteal Chondroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A hyaline cartilage in the form of irregular rings in the larger bronchi that changes to small plates and islands in the smaller bronchi.

(Bronchus Cartilage, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare usually low grade malignant mesenchymal neoplasm characterized by the presence of hyaline cartilage and clear cells.

(Clear Cell Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm composed of hyaline cartilage arising from the mediastinum.

(Mediastinal Chondroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare malignant tumor of soft tissue characterized by a bimorphic pattern composed of undifferentiated small round cells and islands of well differentiated hyaline cartilage.

(Mesenchymal Extraskeletal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm composed of hyaline cartilage arising from the lung.

(Lung Chondroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare malignant tumor characterized by a bimorphic pattern composed of undifferentiated small round cells and islands of well differentiated hyaline cartilage.

(Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare congenital developmental disorder characterized by the presence of stippled foci of calcification in the hyaline cartilage, joint contractions, mental retardation and ichthyosis.

(Chondrodysplasia Punctata, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign well circumscribed neoplasm arising from the hyaline cartilage in soft tissue or bone.

(Chondroma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of chondrocytes and is composed of hyaline cartilage.

(Chondromatosis, NCI Thesaurus)