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meniscal
 meniscusanterior view of a knee jointme·nis·cus M0218100 (mə-nĭs′kəs)n. pl. me·nis·ci (-nĭs′ī, -kī, -kē) or me·nis·cus·es 1. A crescent-shaped body.2. A concavo-convex lens.3. 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.4. A cartilage disk that acts as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet in a joint.
[New Latin, from Greek mēniskos, diminutive of mēnē, moon, month; see mē- in Indo-European roots.]
me·nis′cal (-kəl), me·nis′cate′ (-kăt′), me·nis′coid′ (-koid′), men′is·coi′dal (mĕn′ĭs-koid′l) adj.meniscal (mɪˈnɪskəl) adjrelating to a meniscusTranslationsEncyclopediaSeeMeniscusMedicalSeemeniscus |