It is characterized by a prominent extracellular matrix consisting of various proportions of connective tissue fibers embedded in a gel-like matrix. Chondrocytes are located within lacunae in the matrix that they have built around themselves.
1. tragic flaw-the character flaw or error of a tragic hero that leads to his downfall. hamartia. flaw-defect or weakness in a person's character; he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless. 1  Facebook.
tragic flaw. Noun. (plural tragic flaws). ( 1 chiefly literary criticism) A personality trait or other characteristic of a real or fictional individual which is immoral, destructive, or otherwise faulty and which leads to the ruin or profound suffering of that individual.