Meniscus may refer to: *

Meniscus (anatomy) A meniscus is a crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous anatomical structure that, in contrast to an articular disc, only partly divides a joint cavity.Platzer (2004), p 208 In humans they are present in the knee, wrist, acromioclavicular, sternocla ...

, crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous structure that partly divides a joint cavity *

Meniscus (liquid) The meniscus (plural: ''menisci'', from the Greek for "crescent") is the curve in the upper surface of a liquid close to the surface of the container or another object, produced by surface tension. A concave meniscus occurs when the attraction ...

, a curve in the upper surface of liquid contained in an object *

Meniscus (optics) A lens is a transmissive optical device which focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements''), ...

, a type of optical lens * ''Meniscus'' (bacterium), a genus of bacteria

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