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Chol"o*chrome (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, bile + &?; color.] (Physiol.) See Bilirubin.

Chol`o*phŠ"in (?), n. [Gr. &?;, &?;, bile + &?; dusky.] (Physiol.) See Bilirubin.

||Chol"try (?), n. A Hindoo caravansary.

Chomp (?), v. i. To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell.

Chon`dri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.

Chon"dri*fy (?), v. t. & i. [Gr. &?; cartilage + -fy.] To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.

Chon"dri*gen (?), n. [Gr. &?; cartilage + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.

Chon*drig"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. &?; cartilage + -genous.] (Physiol.) Affording chondrin.

Chon"drin (?), n. [Gr. &?; cartilage.] (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.

Chon"drite (?), n. [Gr. &?; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.] (Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.

Chon*drit"ic (?), a. (Min.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.

||Chon*dri"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; cartilage + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of cartilage.

Chon"dro- (?). [Gr. &?; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.] A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos.

Chon"dro*dite (?), n. [Gr. &?; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.] (Min.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.

||Chon`dro*ga*noi"de*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; cartilage + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoid.] (Zo÷l.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.

Chon"dro*gen (?), n. [Gr. &?; cartilage + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Chondrigen.

Chon`dro*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. &?; cartilage + genesis.] (Physiol.) The development of cartilage.

Chon"droid (?), a. [Gr. &?; cartilage + -oid.] Resembling cartilage.

Chon*drol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; cartilage + -logy: cf. F. chondrologie.] (Anat.) The science which treats of cartilages. Dunglison.

||Chon*dro"ma (?), n.; pl. Chondromata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. &?; cartilage + -oma.] A cartilaginous tumor or growth.

Chon*drom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. &?; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage + -meter.] A steelyard for weighting grain.

Chon*drop`ter*yg"i*an (?), a. [Cf. F. chondropterygien.] Having a cartilaginous skeleton. -- n. One of the Chondropterygii.

||Chon*drop`te*ryg"i*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; cartilage + &?;, &?;, wing, fin.] (Zo÷l.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter. [Written also Chondropterygia.]

||Chon*dros"te*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; cartilage + &?; bone.] (Zo÷l.) An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous.

Chon*drot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; + &?; a cutting.] (Anat.) The dissection of cartilages.

Chon"drule (?), n. [Dim. from Gr. &?; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.] (Min.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.

Choose (?), v. t. [imp. Chose (?); p. p. Chosen (?), Chose (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Choosing.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ceˇsan; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kjōsa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. &?;, Skr. jush to enjoy. √46. Cf. Choice, 2d Gust.] 1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

Choose me for a humble friend. Pope.