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How to pronounce “cartilage”
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Pronunciation guide for cartilage
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of cartilage with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Nabiha Saklayen: Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells?
our cartilage wears away,
- Definition summary
- (anatomy, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
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How to pronounce cartilage
Nabiha Saklayen: Could you recover from illness ... using your own stem cells?

our cartilage wears away,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “cartilage”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (anatomy, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
- (anatomy, countable) A particular structure made of cartilage.
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