n. 软骨

[医] 软骨

[ noun ]
tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults
<noun.body>

Gristle \Gris"tle\, n. [OE. gristel, gristil, AS. gristl; akin
to OFries. gristel, grestel. Perh. a dim. of grist but cf.
OHG. krustila, krostela. Cf. {Grist}.] (Anat.)
Cartilage. See {Cartilage}. --Bacon.