Advanced 📚 Vocabulary · #947 of 1319

cartilage (n.)

flexible tissue

Examples

  • Knee cartilage.

Key rules

  • Cartilage is flexible tissue found in joints and the nose
  • Knee cartilage, damaged cartilage
  • Cartilage is uncountable

Common mistakes

  • The cartilages is damaged → The cartilage is damaged
💡 Tip: Medicine // Joints // Anatomy
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