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Noun [English]

IPA: /məˈnɪs.kəs/ [UK, US], /mɛˈnɪs.kəs/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-meniscus.ogg , en-au-meniscus.ogg Forms: meniscuses [plural], menisci [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μηνίσκος (mēnískos, “crescent”), from μήνη (mḗnē, “moon”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|μηνίσκος||crescent}} Ancient Greek μηνίσκος (mēnískos, “crescent”) Head templates: {{en-noun|+|menisci}} meniscus (plural meniscuses or menisci)
  1. A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it. Translations (a crescent): puolikuu (Finnish), ménisque [masculine] (French), мени́ск (menísk) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-meniscus-en-noun-ppXHHX91 Disambiguation of 'a crescent': 67 24 6 3
  2. (optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section. Categories (topical): Optics
    Sense id: en-meniscus-en-noun-TG0EycOg Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 31 22 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 33 21 40 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics
  3. The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid. Categories (topical): Liquids Translations (the curved surface of liquids): мени́скус (menískus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), menisc [masculine] (Catalan), 彎月面 (Chinese Mandarin), 弯月面 (wānyuèmiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), meniski (Finnish), kaareva pinta (Finnish), ménisque [masculine] (French), Meniskus [masculine] (German), menisco [masculine] (Italian), menisks [masculine] (Latvian), mata kōpapa (Maori), menisk [masculine] (Polish), menisco [masculine] (Portuguese), мени́ск (menísk) [masculine] (Russian), menisco [masculine] (Spanish), мені́ск (menísk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-meniscus-en-noun-I9S67DlX Disambiguation of Liquids: 3 19 49 29 Categories (other): English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 31 22 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 33 21 40 Disambiguation of 'the curved surface of liquids': 2 7 78 14
  4. (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (either of two parts of the human knee): هِلَالَة (hilāla) [feminine] (Arabic), мені́ск (mjenísk) [masculine] (Belarusian), мени́скус (menískus) [masculine] (Bulgarian), menisc [masculine] (Catalan), 半月板 (bànyuèbǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), meniskus [masculine] (Czech), nivelkierukka (Finnish), ménisque [masculine] (French), Meniskus [masculine] (German), menisco [masculine] (Italian), 半月板 (hangetsuban) (alt: はんげつばん) (Japanese), 반달연골 (bandaryeon'gol) (Korean), menisks [masculine] (Latvian), łękotka [feminine] (Polish), menisco [masculine] (Portuguese), мени́ск (menísk) [masculine] (Russian), menisco [masculine] (Spanish), menisk [common-gender] (Swedish), menisküs (Turkish), мені́ск (menísk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-meniscus-en-noun-68Jiko7q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 27 24 45 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 31 22 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 33 21 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 23 24 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 21 23 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 8 26 19 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 9 23 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 11 24 22 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 9 23 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 9 23 22 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 23 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 24 23 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 24 22 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 24 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 7 24 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 23 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 10 24 20 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 7 27 27 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 23 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 10 22 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 23 20 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 7 24 21 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 6 22 21 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 8 23 21 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 23 21 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 9 23 21 47 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'either of two parts of the human knee': 1 4 4 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: meniscal, meniscectomy, meniscoid, meniscotomy, meniscus midge Related terms: lunette

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bandaryeon'gol",
          "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
          "word": "반달연골"
        },
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          "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "1 4 4 91",
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          "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "1 4 4 91",
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          "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
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          ],
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        },
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          ],
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          "word": "menisco"
        },
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          "_dis1": "1 4 4 91",
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          "word": "menisk"
        },
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          "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "1 4 4 91",
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          "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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        "(anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion."
      ],
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        "sciences"
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        "US"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "menískus",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мени́скус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "word": "彎月面"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wānyuèmiàn",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "word": "弯月面"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "word": "meniski"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "word": "kaareva pinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ménisque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Meniskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisco"
    },
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "word": "mata kōpapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "menísk",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мени́ск"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisco"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "menísk",
      "sense": "the curved surface of liquids",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мені́ск"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a crescent",
      "word": "puolikuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a crescent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ménisque"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "menísk",
      "sense": "a crescent",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мени́ск"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hilāla",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "هِلَالَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "mjenísk",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мені́ск"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "menískus",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мени́скус"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bànyuèbǎn",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "word": "半月板"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meniskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "word": "nivelkierukka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ménisque"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Meniskus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisco"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はんげつばん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hangetsuban",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "word": "半月板"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bandaryeon'gol",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "word": "반달연골"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisks"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "łękotka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisco"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "menísk",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мени́ск"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menisco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "menisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "word": "menisküs"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "menísk",
      "sense": "either of two parts of the human knee",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мені́ск"
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  ],
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}

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