Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The substance of the hyaline cartilage which yields chondrin on boiling with water. It is insoluble in cold water. Also
chondrogen .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.
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- noun biochemistry The chemical basis of
cartilage , converted by long boiling in water into agelatinous substance calledchondrin .
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek cartilage + -gen.
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