noun

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A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.

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A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.

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The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.

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Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.

Examples of meniscus in a Sentence

We observed the surface forming a meniscus above the edge of the casting.

When kept in non-metallic vessels they take the shape of a convex meniscus.

Surgery to repair or remove the torn meniscus may be appropriate for some people.

An MRI scan was arranged which revealed a tear of the medial meniscus and underlying anterior cruciate ligament rupture.

Torque may also tear the meniscus in the absence of a cruciate tear.

I don't know how much extra damage I did in the meantime, but I did have to have some meniscus trimmed away.

The outer or external meniscus is called the lateral meniscus.

The deeper layer of the ligament is attached to the medial meniscus.

He ended up trimming less than 10% of the lateral meniscus.

For effective examination it is necessary for the oil to form a concave meniscus on the surface of the hole to be examined.

Photothermal detection of trace compounds in water, using the deflexion of a water meniscus.

Likewise, it can tear like the knee meniscus with injuries of the shoulder.

Sometimes the pad is reduced to a ventral semi-ring or meniscus; it retains its largest almost original shape and size in the second vertebra, the axis or epistropheus, where it forms a separately ossifying piece which connects, and coossifies with, the odontoid process (the centrum of the atlas) and the centrum of the second vertebra.

Logged Torn ACL, stable, medial meniscus tear of posterior horn.

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