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Perichondrium: A dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all cartilage, except the cartilage in joints which is covered by a synovial membrane. Peri- is a prefix borrowed from the Greek meaning "around or about" and "-chondrium" also comes from a Greek word "chondros" meaning "cartilage or gristle."
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ( pÄ•r ' Ä-kÅn ' drÄ“-É™m ) n. , pl. , -dri·a ( -drÄ“-É™ ). The fibrous membrane of connective tissue covering the ...
Perichondrium: A dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all cartilage, except the cartilage in joints which is covered by ...
perichondrium /peri·chon·dri·um/ (-kon´dre-um) the layer of fibrous connective tissue investing all cartilage except the articular cartilage of synovial joints ...
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noun, plural -dri·a . Anatomy . the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints. Origin: 1735–45; < Neo-Latin ...