[ Gr. cho`ndros 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. cho`ndros 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoid. ] (Zool.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, mucopolysaccharide having N-acetyl chondrosine as the repeating unit with one sulfate group per disaccharide. Typical preparations have a molecular weight of about 50, 000. Preparations are sold over-the-counter, often referred to as chondroitin, with the putative ability to relieve pain in joints and assist joint cartilage growth or regeneration; such claims are, as of 2001, yet unproven. [ PJC ]
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