Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lying or occurring within cartilage: as, intracartilaginous ossification.
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- adjective anatomy Within the
cartilage .
Etymologies
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intra- + cartilaginous
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Examples
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Hence two kinds of ossification are described: the intramembranous and the intracartilaginous.
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During the period of growth the articular end, or epiphysis, remains for some time entirely cartilaginous, then a bony center appears, and initiates in it the process of intracartilaginous ossification; but this process never extends to any great distance.
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