Tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults.
synonym: gristle.
Roget 327:
tenacity,
toughness,
strength;
(cohesion)
46;
grip,
grasp,
stickiness,
(cohesion)
46;
sequacity†;
stubbornness
etc.
(obstinacy);;
glue,
cement,
glutinousness†,
sequaciousness†,
viscidity,
(semiliquidity)
352.
leather;
white leather,
whitleather†;
gristle,
cartilage.
unbreakability,
tensile strength.
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Roget 321:
density,
solidity;
solidness
etc.
adj.;
impenetrability,
impermeability;
incompressibility;
imporosity†;
cohesion
etc.
46;
constipation,
consistence,
spissitude†.
specific gravity;
hydrometer,
areometer†.
condensation;
caseation†;
solidation†,
solidification;
consolidation;
concretion,
coagulation;
petrification
etc.
(hardening)
323;
crystallization,
precipitation;
deposit,
precipitate;
inspissation†;
gelation,
thickening
etc.
v..
indivisibility,
indiscerptibility†,
insolubility,
indissolvableness.
solid body,
mass,
block,
knot,
lump;
concretion,
concrete,
conglomerate;
cake,
clot,
stone,
curd,
coagulum;
bone,
gristle,
cartilage;
casein,
crassamentum†;
legumin†.
superdense matter,
condensed states of matter;
dwarf star,
neutron star.
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Roget 323:
hardness
etc.
adj.;
rigidity;
renitence†,
renitency;
inflexibility,
temper,
callosity,
durity†.
induration,
petrifaction;
lapidification†,
lapidescence†;
vitrification,
ossification;
crystallization.
stone,
pebble,
flint,
marble,
rock,
fossil,
crag,
crystal,
quartz,
granite,
adamant;
bone,
cartilage;
hardware;
heart of oak,
block,
board,
deal board;
iron,
steel;
cast iron,
decarbonized iron,
wrought iron;
nail;
brick,
concrete;
cement.
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Dutch: knorbeen, kraakbeen
Polish: chrząstka, tkanka chrzęstna