n. A tough form of cartilage that has a matrix of dense bundles of fibres
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A tissue resembling cartilage, but differing from it in that the intercellular substance becomes fibrillated.
n. A part of fibrocartilaginous tissue; any individual plate, disk, or other piece of fibrocartilage lying in or about a joint.
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n. cartilage that is largely composed of fibers like those in ordinary connective tissue
Word Usage
"However, while scar tissue, called fibrocartilage, fills the area where the cartilage is missing, it does not have the same strength and resiliency as normal articular cartilage."