meniscoid

adj, noun — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From meniscus + -oid.

Concavo-convex, like a meniscus.

noun

Etymology From meniscus + -oid.

A synovial fold (fold made of synovial membrane); plica.

Biomechanical studies have suggested facet impingement of the meniscoid (synovial fold) as a whiplash injury mechansim.2000, Satoshi Inami, Koji Kaneoka, Naoyuki Ochiai, “Anatomy of the Cervical Facet Joints Meniscoids”, in Narayan Yoganandan, Frank A. Pintar, editor, Frontiers in Whiplash Trauma: Clinical and Biomechanical, page 72:

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