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car·ti·lage cap·sule

hyaline cartilage matrix of particularly basophilic and metachromatic character that surrounds the lacunae of chondrocytes resulting from relatively high concentrations of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans.
Synonym(s): territorial matrix
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car·ti·lage cap·sule

(kahr'ti-lăj kap'sŭl)
The more intensely basophilic matrix in hyaline cartilage surrounding the lacunae in which the cartilage cells lie.
Synonym(s): territorial matrix.
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