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<hw>Chon*drig"e*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>-genous</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Affording chondrin.</def>

<h1>Chondrin</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon"drin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cartilage.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<h1>Chondrite</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon"drite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.</def>

<h1>Chondritic</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon*drit"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.</def>

<h1>Chondritis</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon*dri"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>-itis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammation of cartilage.</def>

<h1>Chondro-</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon"dro-</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.]</ety> <def>A combining form meaning <i>a grain</i>, <i>granular</i>, <i>granular cartilage</i>, <i>cartilaginous</i>; <as>as, the <ex>chondro</ex>cranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos</as>.</def>

<h1>Chondrodite</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon"dro*dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.</def>

<h1>Chondroganoidea</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon`dro*ga*noi"de*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ cartilage + NL. <ets>ganoidei</ets>. See <er>Ganoid</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.</def>

<h1>Chondrogen</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon"dro*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol. Chem.)</fld> <def>Same as <er>Chondrigen</er>.</def>

<h1>Chondrogenesis</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon`dro*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>genesis</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>The development of cartilage.</def>

<h1>Chondroid</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon"droid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>-oid</ets>.]</ety> <def>Resembling cartilage.</def>

<h1>Chondrology</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon*drol"o*gy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>-logy</ets>: cf. F. <ets>chondrologie</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <def>The science which treats of cartilages.</def>

<i>Dunglison.</i>

<h1>Chondroma</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon*dro"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Chondromata</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[NL., fr. Gr. <?/ cartilage + <ets>-oma</ets>.]</ety> <def>A cartilaginous tumor or growth.</def>

<h1>Chondrometer</h1> <Xpage=251>

<hw>Chon*drom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>A steelyard for weighting grain.</def>