Part 1885

<h1>Cholesteric</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Cho`les*ter"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>cholest\'82rique</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; <as>as, <ex>cholesteric</ex> acid</as>.</def>

<i>Ure.</i>

<h1>Cholesterin</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Cho*les"ter*in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bile + <?/ stiff fat: F. <ets>cholest\'82rine</ets>. See <er>Stearin</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.</def>

<h1>Choliamb, Choliambic</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw><hw>Cho"li*amb</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cho`li*am"bic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>choliambus</ets>, Gr. <?/; <?/ lame + <?/ an iambus.]</ety> <fld>(Pros.)</fld> <def>A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.</def>

<h1>Cholic, Cholinic</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw><hw>Chol"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Cho*lin"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, from <?/ bile.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.</def>

<cs><col>Cholic acid</col> <fld>(Chem.)</fld>, <cd>a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals.</cd></cs>

<h1>Choline</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Cho"line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ bile.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>See <er>Neurine</er>.</def>

<h1>Cholochrome</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"o*chrome</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, bile + <?/ color.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bilirubin</er>.</def>

<h1>Choloph\'91in</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol`o*ph\'91"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, bile + <?/ dusky.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Bilirubin</er>.</def>

<h1>Choltry</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chol"try</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A Hindoo caravansary.</def>

<h1>Chomp</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chomp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To chew loudly and greedily; to champ.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]</mark>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

<h1>Chondrification</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon`dri*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.</def>

<h1>Chondrify</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon"dri*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t. & i.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.</def>

<h1>Chondrigen</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon"dri*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.</def>

<h1>Chondrigenous</h1> <Xpage=251>