situated beneath a cartilage or a cartilaginous structure
subcartilaginous in American English
(ˌsʌbkɑːrtlˈædʒənəs)
adjective Anatomy & Zoology
1.
partially or incompletely cartilaginous
2.
situated below or beneath cartilage
Word origin
[1535–45; sub- + cartilaginous]This word is first recorded in the period 1535–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: agglutination, alcohol, diagonal, symmetry, tracersub- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy). On this model, sub- is freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning “under,” “below,”“beneath” (subalpine; substratum), “slightly,” “imperfectly,” “nearly” (subcolumnar; subtropical), “secondary,” “subordinate” (subcommittee; subplot)