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Meniscus is an English word with synonyms like cartilage or gristle. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Meniscus in a sentence

Meniscus meaning

  1. A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
  2. A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
  3. The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.

Synonyms of Meniscus

semilunar cartilage cartilage gristle lens lense lens system surface

Related words

Other words often associated with Meniscus or its synonyms:

overhead bounds opencast artefact channel superficial subsurface bound line artifact organ boundary

Using Meniscus

  • The main meaning on this page is: A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it. | A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section. | The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
  • Useful related words include: semilunar cartilage, cartilage, gristle, lens.
  • In the example corpus, meniscus often appears in combinations such as: torn meniscus, meniscus in, his meniscus.

Context around Meniscus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

torn 6× lateral 2× left 2× medial 1× small 1× acl 1×

Often after:

tear 3× surgery 2× requiring 1× injury 1×

Sentence patterns with Meniscus

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a lateral meniscus tear in 1× a left meniscus tear and 1× a small meniscus tear proved 1× a torn meniscus 1× a torn meniscus and concussion 1× a torn meniscus and internal 1× a torn meniscus in his 1× a torn meniscus on jan 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a doctor diagnosed 1× after recovering from 1× ainsley tripped over 1× astros 2b dixon 1× at his neighborhood 1× brossoit had meniscus 1×

Common sentence endings:

a preseason game 1× a torn meniscus 1× about six months 1× and lumbar radiculopathy 1× have been torn 1× in his knee 1×

Words around Meniscus

Just before it in the word index:

menis 3 menio 2 menino 10 meningoencephalitis 3 meningococcal 21 meningitis 135

Just after it in the word index:

menit 2 menjadi 2 menjivar 2 menjo 2 menkaure 2 menke 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdi 82 absa 82 absconding 82 agar 82 aliyah 82 amerindian 82

Corpus analysis for Meniscus

  • In this selection, "meniscus" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, torn, lateral, left, tear, surgery and requiring stand out and add context to how "meniscus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a lateral meniscus tear in and a left meniscus tear and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "meniscus" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with meniscus

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A doctor diagnosed Lang with a torn meniscus. (8 words)

Brossoit had meniscus surgery on Tuesday in Chicago. (8 words)

It was Higgins first game since suffering a torn meniscus on Jan. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Jets S Miles out 3 months after meniscus surgery New York Jets safety and special teams player Rontez Miles is expected to miss at three months after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday. (42 words)

After recovering from his first injury, the 27-year-old found himself struggling with his knee and his physio revealed that a scan showed he had a cyst growing in the meniscus after initial fears that it could have been torn. (41 words)

One study showed that if a meniscus had to be repaired in isolation or in addition to ACL surgery, it made an NFL athlete’s significantly shorter — but players with ACL surgery alone were relatively unaffected in terms of career length. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

The medial meniscus is located closer to the midline of the body, while the lateral meniscus is located between the outside surfaces of the knee joint.

Jets S Miles out 3 months after meniscus surgery New York Jets safety and special teams player Rontez Miles is expected to miss at three months after having surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday.

After recovering from his first injury, the 27-year-old found himself struggling with his knee and his physio revealed that a scan showed he had a cyst growing in the meniscus after initial fears that it could have been torn.

Astros: 2B Dixon Machado (right meniscus) had surgery to repair torn cartilage in his right knee and will be sidelined for at least six weeks.

But Ball’s left knee injury, originally announced in January 2022 as a “small meniscus tear,” proved to be far more serious, and he hasn’t played since.

He’s been hit by cars while riding; one collision in 2019, right before he rode to Key West, sidelined him for four months with a torn meniscus and concussion.

However, Green apparently played most of last season with a torn meniscus that required surgery on her knee after the season ended.

However, her joy at taking a medal from the event has turned to dismay after a scan showed Muir has sustained a rupture to her anterior cruciate ligament and damage to her meniscus.

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It was Higgins first game since suffering a torn meniscus on Jan.

McKay missed about a month last year after undergoing surgery to repair a lateral meniscus tear in his knee.

One of the men suffered spinal strains, a left meniscus tear, and lumbar radiculopathy.

One study showed that if a meniscus had to be repaired in isolation or in addition to ACL surgery, it made an NFL athlete’s significantly shorter — but players with ACL surgery alone were relatively unaffected in terms of career length.

The injury to Colt’s leg is intricate, involving a dislocated and broken leg, a torn meniscus, and internal complications due to a high volume of pain medication.

A doctor diagnosed Lang with a torn meniscus.

Ainsley tripped over loose flooring on a threshold and tore her meniscus, requiring surgery to repair, the lawsuit said.

At his neighborhood Cermak Produce, he slipped on a wet floor and tore a meniscus, which took him out of action for about six months.

Brossoit had meniscus surgery on Tuesday in Chicago.

Brown tore the meniscus in his knee in Week 1 and will miss the remainder of the season.

In 2021, Dobbins tore his ACL, meniscus, and hamstring in a preseason game.

On Sunday night, the made official what we all assumed was coming: would undergo a surgical procedure to address his left meniscus injury.

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Common combinations with meniscus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "meniscus" in a sentence?
An example: "The medial meniscus is located closer to the midline of the body, while the lateral meniscus is located between the outside surfaces of the knee joint." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "meniscus" from authentic English texts.
What does "meniscus" mean?
Meniscus means: A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
What are synonyms of "meniscus"?
Common synonyms of "meniscus" include: semilunar cartilage, cartilage, gristle, lens, lense, lens system, surface.
How many example sentences with "meniscus" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "meniscus", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.