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.
A tragic flaw is the secret weakness of character that brings about a tragic hero's downfall. The term tragic flaw, which originally was used strictly in a literary sense, is now commonly used to refer to anyone whose baser nature gets the better of them.