Carthamin
(Car"tha*min) n. (Chem.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus
tinctorius.
Carthusian
(Car*thu"sian) n. [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.]
(Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St.
Bruno, in the year 1086.
Carthusian
(Car*thu"sian), a. Pertaining to the Carthusian.
Cartilage
(Car"ti*lage) n. [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are
numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust
under Duplication.
Articular cartilage, cartilage that lines the joints. — Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by
the ossification of cartilage. — Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of
Thorax.
Cartilagineous
(Car`ti*la*gin"e*ous) a. [L. cartilageneus.] See Cartilaginous. Ray.
