The chondira part of hypochondria means “cartilage.”(而單詞hypochondria中chondria的部分則有“軟骨（cartilage）”的意思。)

As people age, cartilage begins to wear, and the resulting inflammation causes swelling, pain and stiffness.(隨著年歲增加，人的軟骨開始老化，由此引起的發炎會導致腫脹、疼痛和僵化。)

When you find the larynx, you have also found your thyroid cartilage, since it encircles your voicebox.(當你觸摸到你的喉頭的時候，你也會感覺到你的甲狀軟骨，因為甲狀軟骨環繞這你的喉。)

The researchers say the results pave the way for a future where people grow their own bone and cartilage.(研究者說這個結果給人類再生自己的骨頭和軟骨的未來鋪平了道路。)

"The main thing we're learning at the moment is that cartilage" and knees are "far more complex than we once thought."(“目前我們獲知的主要信息就是軟骨”和膝蓋“比我們之前所認識的要更加有彈力。”)

In that case, the surgeon will use a biodegradable polymer scaffold that will dissolve over time as it's replaced with the child's own cartilage.(針對這一情況，手術中會使用一種能夠生物降解的聚合材料來制作支架，這具支架會隨著時間慢慢溶解，逐漸被孩子自己的軟骨所替代。)

This area of cartilage within the bone grows in length by appositional growth as the individual grows to maturity.(這個區域內的軟骨骨生長在同位的長度的增長隨著個體的發展成熟。)

Over time, an Adam's apple will grow quite solid; young people have soft, flexible cartilage, while older people have more bony protrusions.(漸漸的，喉結會變硬；年輕人的軟骨組織柔軟而有彈性，而成年人的喉結卻是骨骼的突起。)

His skin was pale, almost as pale as Danielle's own, and his nose a fine, sharp stretch of cartilage.(他膚色蒼白，幾乎和丹尼爾自己的一樣，但他的尖鼻子則生得十分精巧。)

Lesions develop that eat bone, cartilage, skin and soft tissue, leaving victims with gaping holes where their lips or noses should be.(疾病引發的損害侵蝕骨骼、軟骨、皮膚和軟組織，造成患者的嘴唇或鼻子部位潰爛為空洞。)