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.
Tragicomedy. Definition: Ah, the tragicomedy. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll eat a whole bag of popcorn. Tragicomedy is a mixed genre that blends tragic and comic conventions. We see it most in drama, but it pops up in novels, too. Like just about everything else in literature it seems, the tragicomedy tradition has its roots in the Classical period. But it really took flight in the Renaissance. Even Shakespeare wrote a few tragicomedies in his day.