Meniscus

What do we mean by meniscus?

A crescent-shaped body. noun

A concavo-convex lens. noun

The curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a container that is concave if the liquid wets the container walls and convex if it does not. noun

A cartilage disk that acts as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet in a joint. noun

A crescent or crescentshaped body. Specifically noun

A lens, convex on one side and concave on the other, and thicker in the center, so that its section presents the appearance of the moon in its first quarter. noun

The convex or concave surface of a liquid, caused by capillarity: thus, the mercury in a barometer has a convex meniscus, but spirit or water a concave meniscus. noun

In anatomy, an interarticular fibrocartilage, of a rounded, oval, disklike, or falcate shape, situated between the ends of bones, in the interior of joints, attached by the margins. noun

In zoology, a peculiar organ, of doubtful function, found in Echinorhynchus, a genus of acanthocephalous parasitic worms. noun

A crescent. noun

A lens convex on one side and concave on the other. noun

An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. noun

See Lens. noun

(anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint noun

(optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other noun

(physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube noun

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word meniscus. Define meniscus, meniscus synonyms, meniscus pronunciation, meniscus translation, English dictionary definition of meniscus.

The foamy froth of pooled semen in a girl's bellybutton Urban Dictionary

When you fill a shot glass to the brim to the point where a convex meniscus appears on the top of the glass, nearly overfilling it. Urban Dictionary

Equivalent to cool, awesome, groovy, and radical, 'Meniscus' is all that and more. This ought not be confused with the curvature when measuring liquid in a graduated cylinder or the crescent-shaped cushiony tissue in your knee-cap. NO, Meniscus is the hip, new word of the future present and present future. In all meniscusness, will this word forever reign. Urban Dictionary

1. A cartilage substance in joints, made to protect the joints during movement and strain. It can be meant in several different joints, but mostly it is referred to in the knee, as that is the most commonly injured. 2. A phrase sometimes yelled by dumbasses when they are hurt or pretending to be hurt. Urban Dictionary

A word that can be used in reference to a Fortnite e-girls fatal injury. Urban Dictionary

A word that can be used as ear rape. Urban Dictionary

The saliva ring left after felatio. Urban Dictionary

When you play chicken and you rip one of the ligaments under your knee cap. This often results in not being able to perform in musicals, and wearing crutches. a psychic says it is fully curable by a good surgeon in about three months...after graduation of course. Urban Dictionary

Something you can say to sound like a genius Urban Dictionary

Lowest and highest possible placement in two-dimentonal universe. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to meniscus:
meniscus, miniscus, menisci, meniscal, lemniscus, medicus, menippus, oniscus, meniscium, meniscuses, paniscus, lentiscus, xenicus, monascus, mariscus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word meniscus:
menisci, corrector, discoid, arthritic, arthroscopic, condyle, tibial, cartilage, cruciate, knee, acl, articular, ligament, medially, medial, femur, tear, osteoarthritis, tibia, capillary, aberration, transplantation, sidelined, cyst, collateral, lens, concave, tears, lateral, tendon, deficient, swelling, surgery, transplant, anterior, pore, lenses, collagen, chromatic, fibrous, concentric, sideline, thigh, telescope, convex, arthritis, injury, posterior, triad, torn, underwent, spherical, repair, locking, vapor, regeneration, liquid, aperture, attachment, needle, humidity, transverse, heal, crescent, fragment, rehabilitation, undergo, surgical, bone, healing, injuries, missed, joint, patented, pain, cement, radius, mirror, disabled, remainder, repaired, recovery, tension, rim, horizontal, optical, strips, miss, equilibrium, comeback, undergoing, rotation, chronic, sustained, injured, tissue, measurement, patient, replacement, reconstruction.

Words that rhyme with meniscus:
granicus, oniscus, spheniscus.

Adjectives that are often used to describe meniscus:
medial, lateral, torn, discoid, liquid, normal, concave, tear, convex, lower, upper, joint, entire, temporomandibular, positive, displaced, curved, posterior, negative, congenital, shaped, flat, damaged, intact, injured, articular, degenerative, thin, ruptured, anterior, fibrocartilaginous, regenerated, postoperative, achromatic, convergent, spherical, stable, peripheral, thick, concentric, bottom, mobile, static, hemispherical, dislocated, divergent, abnormal, affected, visible, circular, hypermobile, cartilaginous, tactile, interarticular, cystic, vapor, inferior, inverted, intraarticular, capillary, cylindrical, involved, ulnocarpal, degenerate, defined, intrinsic, incomplete.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective meniscus:
repair, form, sign, formation, shape, pathology, displacement, injury, force, surgery, cement, cartilage, lens, disappearance, position, movement, syndrome, removal, visualization, healing, level, transplantation, correction, adjustment, water, salvage, glass, function, replacement, coating, test, cutter, reconstruction, reader, type, effect, curvature.

Consonant match to meniscus:
manassas, meneses, menace us.

Words that sound like meniscus:
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