MENISCUS

(Lat.), n. m. Me2n(man)-i2sk'u3s(u4s). Gr., /XTJvCoricos. Fr., menisque. Ger., Meniskus. 1. In physics, a body or portion of a body having a crescentic appearance, as (1) the convex or concave surface of a liquid in a narrow tube, due to capillary attraction, or (2) a lens which is convex on the one side and concave on the other. [B.] 2. An inter articular cartilage. [L, 135 (a, 39).] ' M. inter articular is. Fr., menisque^ inter-articulaire. See M. (2d def.). M. inter articular is carpi. See M. in termed i us. M. inter articular is tibio-flbularis. A fold of synovial membrane uniting the inferior tibio-fibular articulation and the ankle joint. [L, 332.] M. in termed i us. See CARTILAGO triquetra carpi and Intermediate FIBRO-CARTILAGE. M. lateral is. See External semilunar FIBRO-CARTILAGE. M. maxillae inferior is. See Inter articular FIBRO-CARTILAGE of the temporo-maxillary articulation. M. iiu-d ia I is. The internal semilunar fibre-cartilage (see under Semilunar FIBRO-CARTILAGES). [L.] Negative MI. A convexo-concave lens. [B.] Positive m. A concavo-convex lens. [B.] Tactile menisci. Fr., menisques tactiles. Of Ranvier, the concavo-convex expansions in which intra-epidermic nerve fibres terminate. The concave aspect of these menisci looks toward the free surface of the skin, and each contains a modified epidermic cell (the tactile cell, so called from its relation with the tactile m.). L-T, 30, 31.] [s. 743]