Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun meniscus

3 senses of meniscus

Sense 1
meniscus, semilunar cartilage -- ((anatomy) a disk of cartilage that serves as a cushion between the ends of bones that meet at a joint)
       => cartilage, gristle -- (tough elastic tissue; mostly converted to bone in adults)

Sense 2
meniscus -- ((optics) a lens that is concave on one side and convex on the other)
       => lens, lense, lens system -- (a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images)

Sense 3
meniscus -- ((physics) the curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a vertical tube)
       => surface -- (the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface")