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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
meniscoid en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s
Proto-Hellenic *méns
Ancient Greek μείς (meís)
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos)
Ancient Greek μηνῐ́σκος (mēnĭ́skos)
English meniscus
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Proto-Hellenic *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English meniscoid
From meniscus + -oid.
Meanings
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Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.
Forms
meniscoid en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s
Proto-Hellenic *méns
Ancient Greek μείς (meís)
Proto-Indo-European *-iskos
Ancient Greek -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos)
Ancient Greek μηνῐ́σκος (mēnĭ́skos)
English meniscus
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Proto-Hellenic *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English meniscoid
From meniscus + -oid.
Meanings
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A synovial fold (fold made of synovial membrane); plica.
Biomechanical studies have suggested facet impingement of the meniscoid (synovial fold) as a whiplash injury mechansim.
2000, Satoshi Inami, Koji Kaneoka, Naoyuki Ochiai, “Anatomy of the Cervical Facet Joints Meniscoids”, in Narayan Yoganandan, Frank A. Pintar, editor, Frontiers in Whiplash Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical, page 72:
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