01 n. A crescent.
pl.
Menisci, Meniscuses ((-sī))
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1.
A crescent.
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2.
A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.(Opt.)
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3.
An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp., one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds.(Anat.)
Phrases & compounds
Converging meniscus —
See Lens.