menisküs — meaning in English
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English meaning
- meniscus noun Either of the two crescent-shaped pads of cartilage in the knee that sit between the thigh bone and shin bone and cushion the joint.
Senses
menisküs is used for these senses in English:
- meniscus (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. [from 19th c.]
meniscus — full definition
- noun Either of the two crescent-shaped pads of cartilage in the knee that sit between the thigh bone and shin bone and cushion the joint.
- noun The curved upper surface of a liquid in a narrow tube, caused by surface tension pulling the edges up or down.
- noun A lens that is curved outwards on one side and inwards on the other.