ˌsubcartiˈlaginous, a.
1. [sub- 21 b.] Somewhat, partly, or incompletely cartilaginous.
| 1541 Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg. E iv, The sub⁓cartylagynous [substance of the nose; orig. L. pars cartilaginosa] is dowble one outwarde that maketh the typ of the nose and the other inwarde deuydeth the nosethyrlles. 1787 tr. Linnæus' Fam. Plants 487 The Fruit is a tongue pedicel'd, slender, subcartilaginous. 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 37/1 Body..gelatinous, supported by an internal, solid, subcartilaginous body. 1887 W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 42 Pezizæ..differs..from Bulgariæ by not being..subcartilaginous. |
2. [sub- 1 b.] Lying beneath the cartilage; hypochondrial.
| 1775 Ash, Subcartilagenous, lying under the gristles. |
So subcartilaˈgineous a. rare—0. [late L. subcartilāgineus] = sense 2 above.
| 1727 Bailey (vol. II), Subcartilagineous, under the Gristles. |