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chondrin (kon'drin) n. [Gk. chondros, 

 cartilage.] A gelatinous substance 

 obtained from cartilage (phys.}. 



chondriosomes (kondrlosomz ) n. plu, 

 [Gk. chondros, cartilage ; soma, 

 body.] Permanent feebly refractive 

 bodies found in cell protoplasm, 

 which are probably combinations 

 of fatty acids or of phosphate of 

 albumen (biol.}. 



chondroblast (kon'droblast) n. [Gk. 

 chondros, cartilage ; blastos, bud.] 

 A cartilage-producing cell (phys.}. 



chondroclast (kon'droklast) n. [Gk. 

 chondros, cartilage ; klastos, broken 

 down.] A cell which breaks up or 

 destroys cartilage cells (phys.}. 



chondrocranium (kon'drokra'nium) n, 

 [Gk. chondros, cartilage ; kranion, 

 skull.] The skull when in a car- 

 tilaginous condition, either tem- 

 porarily as in embryos, or per- 

 manently as in some fishes (zoo!., 

 anat.). 



chondrogenesis (kon'drojgn'esis) n. 

 [Gk. chondros, cartilage ; genesis, 

 descent.] The production or forma- 

 tion of cartilage (phys.}. 



chondromucoid (kon'dromu'koid) n. 

 [Gk. chondros, cartilage ; L. mucus, 

 mucus ; Gk. eidos, form.] A whitish 

 amorphous powder found in cartil- 

 age (phys.}. 



chondrophore (kon'drofor) n. [Gk. 

 chondros, cartilage ; pherein, to 

 bear.] A structure which supports 

 the inner hinge cartilage in a 

 bivalve shell (zoo/.). 



chondroskeleton (kon'droskel'e'ton) n. 

 [Gk. chondros, cartilage ; skeleton, 

 a dried body.] A cartilaginous 

 skeleton (zool.}. 



chondrosteous (kondros'teiis) a. [Gk. 

 chondros, cartilage ; osteon, bone.] 

 Having a cartilaginous skeleton 

 (zool.}. 



chondrosteriial (kon'drosteYnal) a. 

 [Gk. chondros, cartilage ; sternon, 

 the breast.] Pert, rib cartilages 

 and sternum (anat.}. 



chone (kon) n. [Gk. choane, a funnel.] 

 A passage through the cortex of 

 sponges with one or more external 

 openings, and one internal open- 

 ing provided with a sphincter 

 (zool.}. 



chorda (kor'da) n. [Gk. chorde^ a 



string.] The notochord ; in plural, 

 tendinous cords attached to the 

 valves of the heart (anat.}. 



chordacentra (kor'dasgn'tra) n. plu. 

 [Gk. chorde, a string ; L. centrum, 

 centre.] Centra formed by the 

 conversion of the chordal sheath 

 into a number of rings (zool.}. 



chordate (kor'dat) a. [Gk. chorde, 

 a string.] Having a notochord 

 (zool.}. 



chordotonal (kor'doto'nal) a. [Gk. 

 chorde, a string ; tonos, a tone.] 

 Appl. rod-like or bristle-like struc- 

 tures, auditory in nature, in various 

 parts of the body of insects (zool.}. 



choriocapillaris (ko'riokapiraris, -kap'- 

 ila'rls) n. [Gk. chorion, chorion ; L. 

 capillaris, a capillary.] The inner- 

 most vascular layer of the choroid 

 coat of the eye (anat.}. 



chorioid, choroid. 



chorion (ko'rlon) n. [Gk. chorion, a 

 skin.] An embryonic membrane 

 external to and enclosing the 

 amnion (emb.}. 



chorionlc (korion'ik) a. [Gk. chorion, 

 a skin.] Pert, the chorion (emb.}. 



chorioretinal (ko'rioreYinal) a. [Gk. 

 chorion, a skin ; L. retina, the 

 retina.] Pert, choroid and reli ia 

 (anat.}. 



choripetalous (ko'ripeYalus) a. [Gk. 

 choris, separate ; petalon, a leaf.] 

 Having separate petals (dot.}. 



choriphyllous (ko'rifil'us) a. [Gk. 

 choris, separate ; phyllon, a leaf.] 

 Having the perianth parts distinct 

 (bot.}. 



chorisepalous (ko'risep'alus) a. [Gk. 

 choris, separate ; sepalon, a sepal.] 

 Having the sepals separate (hot.}. 



chorisis (ko'rlsts) . [Gk. choris, 

 separate.] Increase in number of 

 parts of a floral whorl due to 

 division of its primary members ; 

 duplication (bot.}. 



chorpid (ko'roid) a. [Gk. chorion, 

 skin ; eidos, form.] Appl. delicate 

 and highly vascular membranes ; 

 n. the layer of the eye between 

 retina and sclerotic (anat.}. 



choroidal (koroid'al) a. [Gk. chorion, 

 skin ; eidos, form.] Pert, the 

 choroid (anat.}. 



chorology (korol'qjl) n. [Gk. choros, 

 place ; logos, discourse.] The 

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