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Meniscus   Listen
noun
Meniscus  n.  (pl. L. menisci, E. meniscuses)  
1.
A crescent.
2.
(Opt.) A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
3.
(Anat.) An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.
Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens.






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