Usually means: Curved surfaces of joint cartilage.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word menisci:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. menisci: Merriam-Webster
  2. menisci: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. menisci: Collins English Dictionary
  4. menisci: Vocabulary.com
  5. menisci: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. menisci: Wiktionary
  7. menisci: Dictionary.com
  8. Menisci: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. Menisci: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. menisci: FreeDictionary.org
  11. menisci: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. menisci: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. menisci: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Menisci: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  4. menisci: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (meniscus)

noun:  A crescent moon, or an object shaped like it.
noun:  (optics) A lens which is convex on one side and concave on the other, being crescent-shaped in cross-section.
noun:  The curved surface of liquids in tubes, whether concave or convex, caused by the surface tension of the liquid.
noun:  (anatomy) Either of two parts of the human knee that provide structural integrity to the knee when it undergoes tension and torsion.
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