Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| cartilage | gristle, a firm pearly white substance forming the embryonic skeleton of vertebrates (temporary cartilage) converted into bone in adults. |
| cartilaginous | hard, tough, without chlorophyll and vasculature; like cartilage. |
| chondral | relating to a chondrus, a cartilage. |
| chondrification | the process of chondrifying, converting into cartilage. |
| chondrify | to convert, or be converted, into cartilage. |
| chondrin | an elastic, gelatinous substance, the matrix of cartilage. |
| chondroblast | a cell that forms cartilage. |
| chondrogenesis | the production of cartilage. |
| chondroid | like or resembling cartilage. |
| chondroitin | any of several glycosaminoglycans occurring in sulfated form in various animal tissues such as cartilage. |
| chondrus | (Greek) a cartilage, a chondrule. |
| cricoid | ring-shaped; (noun) a ring-shaped cartilage forming the wall of the larynx. |
| fibrocartilage | cartilage with embedded fibres. |
| galactosamine | an amino derivative of galactose that occurs in cartilage. |
| hamstring | a tendon at the back of the knee; (verb) to disable by severing the hamstrings. |
| ligament | a band of firm, fibrous tissue. |
| ligamental | of or like a ligament. |
| ligamentary | of or like a ligament. |
| ligamentous | of or like a ligament. |
| perichondral | of or like a perichondrium. |
| perichondrial | relating to the perichondrium, a fibrous membrane covering cartilage except at joints. |
| perichondrium | a fibrous membrane covering cartilage except at joints. |
| sinew | a piece of strong fibrous tissue that joins a muscle to a bone (verb) to bind as if by sinews |
| tendinous | of or like a tendon. |
| urachus | (Greek) a cord or band of fibrous tissue extending from the bladder to the umbilicus. |