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Definition of Menisci
1. meniscus [n] - See also: meniscus
Medical Definition of Menisci
1. Plural of meniscus. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menisci
Literary usage of Menisci
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The upper surfaces of the menisci are concave, and in contact with the condyles
of the femur; their lower surfaces are flat, and rest upon the head of the ..."
2. The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man by Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman (1857)
"These are the menisci of authors; they exist in the temporo- maxillary, ...
In the menisci the white fibrous tissue predominates considerably at their ..."
3. Elements of Natural Philosophy: Being an Experimental Introduction to the by Golding Bird (1848)
"Refraction through concave lenses, 595—through menisci and concavo-convex lenses,
597. Caustics by refraction, 598. Formation of images by lenses, 590. ..."
4. The Year-book of Treatment (1894)
"The menisci thus obtained would only have a toric anterior surface, and would
possess the known advantages of menisci or periscopic glasses. ..."
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