Usually means: Flexible, supportive cartilage containing elastin.
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  1. elastic cartilage: Dictionary.com
  2. Elastic cartilage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. elastic cartilage: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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Definitions from Wikipedia (Elastic cartilage)

noun:  Elastic cartilage, fibroelastic cartilage or yellow fibrocartilage is a type of cartilage present in the pinnae (auricles) of the ear giving it shape, provides shape for the lateral region of the external auditory meatus, medial part of the auditory canal Eustachian tube, corniculate and cuneiform laryneal cartilages, and the epiglottis.


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