choleric 
Onr two itreat poets ln-iim si> different in their tempers, 
tin- om' rhiilfrifk and sansininc, the iitlii-r phlegmatick and 
mi-la.i.-holiuk. Dnnlni. 
He liiul something f t\u.-<'>i<il<'ri<- complexion of his coun- 
trymen stamped on his visage. Lamb, South-Sea House. 
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trimeter with a trochee as the sixth foot instead 
of the regular iambus. This irregularity produces 
a kind of limp or halt in the rhythm, liivrk and Latin 
poets used it chiefly in pieces characterized hy humorous 
invective. See scazon 
th 
2 Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to an- choliamhic (ko-li-am'bik), a. and n. [<Gr.^- 
ger; angry: as, a choleric temper. MauBtKK. < xaUwfa, c, 
When the guide perceived it, he grewso extreme choleric 
iat he threatened Mr. I. H. Coryat, Crudities, I. 34. 
Sir Robert is clmleric enough, but then, as he is provoked 
without cause, he is appeased without reason. 
Foote, The Bankrupt, i. 
3. Indicating or expressing anger; prompted 
by anger ; angry : as, a choleric speech. 
That in the captain's hut a choleric word, 
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy. 
Shak., M. for M., ii. 2. 
= Syn. 2. Testy, touchy, peppery, irritable. 
II.+ A person of a bilious or choleric tem- 
perament. 
The dyeuel . . . him asayleth stranglakest [strongliest] 
thane [the] eulrik mid ire and discord. 
Ayetibite of Inwyt-, p. 157. 
choleric 2 (kol'e-rik), . [< cholera + -ic. Cf. 
choleric 1 .] A person suffering from cholera. 
[Rare.] 
The commission tried to make the autopsy of a choleric 
whom I saw in the penal establishment of San Miguel. 
If. S. Cons. Rep., No. Iv. (1885), p. 680. 
cholericly (kol'e-rik-li), adv. [< cholerie 1 + -fy 2 .] 
In a choleric manner. [Rare.] 
chondrify 
Dr. Buchanan [1800] was struck with the . . . choultries 
which had been built for the accommodation of travelers 
hy rich native merchants of Madras. 
J. T. Wheeler, Short Hist. Ind., p. 408. 
choluria (ko-lu'ri-a), w. [NL., < Gr. xW, bile, 
groats (grain, seed), + caBiuv, eat.] A genus 
of fringilline birds of North America, the lark- 
+ nl'puv, urine, 4- -la.] Injiatliol., the presence 
of bile-pigment and bile-salts in the urine. 
and -ic.] I'."o. Pertaining to or composed of chomer (ko'mer), n. A Hebrew measure; a 
choliambs. homer (which see). 
II. n. Same as choliamb. chomp (chomp), v. A dialectal variant of 
Cholic 1 (kol'ik), a. [< Gr. ^o?.?/, bile, + -ic. Cf. champ 1 . Grose. 
choleic.] Pertaining to or obtained from bile. Chondestes (kon-des'tez), n. [NL. (Swainspn, 
Also cliolalic Cholic acid, an acid found in the con- 1827); said to be (iri'eg.) < Gr. x6vfipof, grits, 
tents of the intestines and in the excrement. 
Cholic 2 t, An obsolete form of colic. 
choline, cholin (kol'in), . [< Gr. xW, hile, 
+ -ine*, -in 2 .] A basic substance (C5H 16 NO 2 ) 
which is widely distributed in the animal or- 
ganism, but is most abundant in the bile, in the 
brain (as a constituent of lecithin), and in the 
yolk of eggs. It is very deliquescent, and crys- 
tallizes with difficulty. Also cholein and neurine. 
cholo (cho'lo), n. [S. Amer.] A child of mixed 
Spanish and Peruvian Indian parentage. 
The cholo, the descendant of the alliances of the Span- 
iards with the Inca Indians. Encyc. Brit., IV. 15. 
cholo-. See chol-. 
cholochrome (kol'o-krom), n. [< Gr. x^t bile, 
+ xP"f a t color.] 'A general term for bile-pig- 
ments of every kind. See bile-pigment. 
cholericness (kol'e-rik-nes), . [< choleric 1 + cholocyst, cholocystenterostomy, etc. See 
-ness.~\ Irascibility; anger; peevishness. [Rare.] choleeyst, etc. 
Contentiousness and cholericknm. Ohologaster (ko-lo-gas' ter), . [NL., < Gr. 
Bp. Gauden, Anti-Baal Berith, p. 128. 6>?.<Sf, lame, defective, 4- yaartip, belly.] A ge- 
nus of cave-fishes, of the family A mUyopsiS.es, 
having eyes and colored integument, contrary 
to the rule in this family. There are several 
species in the southern United States, as C. 
pamllifer. 
inoloidic (kol-o-id'ik), a. [< Gr. x'^, bile, + 
-idl + -fa.] Pertaining to or derived from bile : 
as, cholo'idic acid. 
whiciToccurs during the prevalence of cholera cholelithiasis (kol"o-li-thi'a-sis), n. [Ascliolo- 
in cases where no further symptoms are de- Uth(ic) + -Mm*.] Inpathol., that condition _of 
choleriform (kol'e-ri-f6rm), a. [= F. choleri- 
forme, < L. cholera + forma, form.] Resem- 
bling cholera; of the nature of cholera: as, 
choleriform diarrhea. 
cholerine (kol'e-rin), n. [< cholera + -ine 1 ; 
= F. cholerine"= Sp. coterina, etc.] 1. The 
diarrhea which commonly precedes the severe 
symptoms in an attack of Asiatic cholera, or 
' 
Lark-finch (Chondestes framinica). 
finches, having a long, graduated, party-colored 
tail, and the head much striped. There is hut one 
species, the common lark-finch of the western United 
States, C. grammica. 
chondr-, chondro-. [NL., etc., repr. Gr. x^- 
<5pof, groats, grain, lump, cartilage, gristle.] An 
element in modern scientific compound words 
(chondro- before a consonant), usually meaning 
cartilage.' 
pus; < Gr. ^uJurotif, lame-footed, < x u ^, lame, 
halt, + n-ouf (jrorf-) = E. foot.] A genus of 
Cholerization (koFe-ri-za'shon), n. [< 'choler- or their formation. 
ize (< cholera + -&e) + -aiion.] Inoculation cholophaein (kol-o-fe'in), . [< Gr. ^oAfy bile, + 
with cholera, or with cholera in a modified form, JKWO?, dusky, brown, + -in 2 .] Same as biliphann. 
as a prophylactic measure. Cholopodinae (ko"lo-po-dl'ne), n. pi. [NL., < 
choleroid (kol'e-roid), a. [< cholera + -oid. Cf. Cholopus (-pod-) + -irue.] A subfamily of Bra- 
Gr. xotep&d'K, of same sense and formation.] dypodidce, typified by the genus Cholopus, con- 
Resembling cholera. taining the two-toed sloths. 
cholerophobi 
Xotepa, cholera ; 
cholerophone (ko-ler'o-fon), n. [< Gr! xoMpa, Cholopus (ko'lo-pus), H. [NL., orig. by Illi- 
cholera, + tywh, voice'.] The faint, plaintive, ger, 1811, in improper form Chohnpus, Choloe- 
hoarse or squeaking voice characteristic of 
choleraic patients in the stage of collapse ; 
choleraic voice (vox cholerica). 
cholestearin, cholestearine (kol-es-te'a-rin), 
n. Erroneous forms of cholesterin. 
cholesteatoma (kol-es-te-a-to'ma), n. ; pi. cho- 
lesteatomata (-ma-ta). [NL., < Gr. x^h bile, + 
areap (arear-), tallow, fat, + -otna.] Inpathol., 
an endothelioma in which the cells, closely 
packed in concentric layers, form glistening, 
pearl-like bodies. 
cholesteraemia (ko-les-te-re'mi-a). n. [NL., < 
cholestcr(in) + Gr. ai/ja, b'lood.] ' A morbid in- 
crease of cholesterin in the blood. Also choles- 
teremia. 
cholesteric (kol-es-ter'ik), a. [< cholester(in) 
+ -ic.] Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained 
from it. Cholesteric acid, C s H 1( jO5, an acid obtained 
by boiling cholesterin with nitric acid. It is in crystals 
of a yellowish-white color. 
cholesterin, cholesterine (ko-les'te-rin), . 
[= F. choleaterine = Sp. colcsterina, < Gr. xW> 
bile, + oTFpeoo, solid, 4- -i)ft, -ine 2 .] A sub- 
stance (C 2 6H 4 4O) crystallizing in leaflets, with 
a mother-of-pearl luster and a fatty feel. It is 
soluble in alcohol and ether, and is probably a monova- 
lent alcohol. It occurs in the blood and brain, in the yolk 
of eggs, and in the seeds and buds of plants, but most 
abundantly in the bile, and especially in biliary calculi, 
which frequently consist wholly of cholesterin. By treat- 
ing wool-fat with boiling alcohol there Is obtained an al- 
coholic solution of cholesterin and isocholesterhi. Also 
cholestearin, cholestearine. 
choliah (cho'li-a), n. [E. Ind.] A small coast- 
ing-vessel used by the natives of the Coro- 
mandel coast. Sometimes spelled choolia. De 
Colange. 
choliamb (ko'li-amb), n. [< L. choliambus, < Gr. 
if, lame iambus, < ^u/ldr, lame, limping, 
f, iambus.] In pros., a variety of iambic 
have an elongated and often not distinctly segmented 
body furnished with retrorse spines, the abdomen reduced 
to a mere stump, the anterior pair of pleiopods represent- 
ed by bifid lobes, other swimming-feet wanting, falcate 
mandibles, and no suctorial proboscis. The male is much 
smaller than the female, being a stunted pyriform object, 
carried about by the female, often in pairs, in her vulva, 
or attached to other portions of her body. See Epizoa. 
Unau, or Two-toed Sloth { Cholopus didactyltts}. 
tardigrade edentate mammals, or sloths, of the 
family Bradypodidw, including the unau or two- 
toed sloth, C. didactylus, of South America. 
cholosis (kp-16'sis), n. [< Gr. x o/ -n, bile, + 
-osi*.] A disease characterized by a perversion 
of the secretion of bile. 
choltry, choultry (chol'tri), n. ; pi. choltries, 
choultries (-triz). [Repr. Malayalam chdivati, 
chauti = Telugu and Canarese chawadi (cere- 
bral t or d), chawari =_Marathi chawari, a cara- 
vansary, an inn.] 
shed used as 
khan or caravansary 
era, usually consisting of a square 
rounded by low buildings. In some choltries pro- 
visions are sold, and in others distributed gratis, especially 
to Brahmans and religious mendicants. 
fish-lice, typical of the family Clioitdracanthidce, 
having the body covered with short reflexed 
spines. C. zei is a parasite on the gills of the dory ; C. 
pibboms infests the angler; C. cornutus is found on the 
flat-flsh. Leriientoma is a synonym. 
chondral (kon'dral), a. [NLi., < Gr. x^Pf, 
cartilage, + -al.~\' Cartilaginous ; pertaining 
to or consisting of cartilage or a cartilage, es- 
pecially a costal cartilage : used chiefly in com- 
bination : as, inteTchondral, costochondral. 
chondralgia (kon-dral'ji-a), n. [NL., < Gr. 
xovfipof, cartilage, + a'/.yof, pain.] In pathol., 
pain in the region of a cartilage. 
Chondrarsenite (kon-drar'se-nlt), n. [< Gr. 
x6vSpof, grits (grain), + arsenite.] An arse- 
niate of manganese, occurring in small yellow 
grains with a conchoidal fracture. 
Chondrenchymatous (kon-dreng-kim'a-tus^ a. 
[< chondrenchyme (-chymat-} + -ous.] Having 
the character of chondrenchyme ; containing 
or consisting of chondrenchyme. 
chondrenchyme (kon-dreng'klm), n. [< Gr. 
Xovfipoc,, cartilage, + 'yx v f ta t infusion.] A tis- 
sue resembling cartilage which occurs in some 
sponges, as in the cortex of the Corticidte. W. 
J. Hollas. 
chondr i, n. Plural of chondrus. 
chondriflcation (koii'dri-fi-ka'shon), n. [< 
chondrify : see -fy and -ation.] The act or pro- 
cess of chondrifying or of being converted into 
cartilage; the state of being chondrified. 
sio'ns7~ 'H' Spencer, Prin. of Biol., 258. 
chon- 
car- 
car- 
tilage. 
II. intrans. To be converted into cartilage ; 
become cartilaginous. 
