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Plyometric training increases thickness and volume of knee articular cartilage in mice
Cleveland Clinic.—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 13 Feb. 2025 So articular cartilage is that white pearly stuff that covers the end of your bones.—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 So many people around the world are working on this articular cartilage problem.—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025 Including the aforementioned players, star cornerback Trevon Diggs will also miss eight months or more after suffering an injury that requires surgery to repair his articular cartilage.—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for articular
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Etymology
Middle English articuler, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, borrowed from Latin articulāris, from articulus "joint, part of a limb between joints" + -āris-ar — more at article entry 1
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