meckel's cartilage

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meckel's cartilage - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Meckelian \Meck*e"li*an\, a. (Anat.)
     Pertaining to, or discovered by, J. F. Meckel, a German
     anatomist.
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     Meckelian cartilage, the cartilaginous rod which forms the
        axis of the mandible; -- called also Meckel's cartilage.
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