English-Thai Dictionary
meniscus
N เลนส์นูน ข้าง เว้า ข้าง สิ่ง ที่ มี รูปร่าง เหมือน พระจันทร์ เสี้ยว crescent len-nun-kang-wao
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
MENISCUS
n.plu. meniscuses. [Gr. a little moon. ] A lens convex on one side, and concave on the other.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MENISCUS
Me *nis "cus, n.; pl. L. Menisci (-si ), E. Meniscuses. Etym: [NL. , from Gr. mh `nh the moon. ]
1. A crescent.
2. (Opt. )
Defn: A lens convex on one side and concave on the other.
3. (Anat. )
Defn: An interarticular synovial cartilage or membrane; esp. , one of the intervertebral synovial disks in some parts of the vertebral column of birds. Converging meniscus, Diverging meniscus. See Lens.
New American Oxford Dictionary
meniscus
me nis cus |məˈniskəs məˈnɪskəs | ▶noun ( pl. menisci |-kē, -kī | or meniscuses ) Physics the curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube. • [ usu. as modifier ] Optics a lens that is convex on one side and concave on the other. • Anatomy a thin fibrous cartilage between the surfaces of some joints, e.g., the knee. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mēniskos ‘crescent, ’ diminutive of mēnē ‘moon. ’
Oxford Dictionary
meniscus
meniscus |mɪˈnɪskəs | ▶noun ( pl. menisci |-sʌɪ | ) Physics the curved upper surface of a liquid in a tube. • [ usu. as modifier ] a lens that is convex on one side and concave on the other. • Anatomy a thin fibrous cartilage between the surfaces of some joints, e.g. the knee. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek mēniskos ‘crescent ’, diminutive of mēnē ‘moon ’.
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