a. [f. as prec.; see -FORM.] Resembling cartilage.

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1830.  R. Knox, Béclard’s Anat., 238. Cartilaginiform ligamentous organs.

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1835–6.  Todd, Cycl. Anat., I. 249/1. This remarkable structure … called by the older anatomists … cartilaginiform ligament.

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