Cholesterin
(Cho*les"ter*in) n. [Gr. bile + stiff fat: F. cholestérine. See Stearin.] (Chem.) A white,
fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and
especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.
Choliamb
(Cho"li*amb Cho`li*am"bic) n. [L. choliambus, Gr. lame + an iambus.] (Pros.) A verse having
an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
Cholic
(Chol"ic Cho*lin"ic) a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.
Cholic acid (Chem.),
a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic
acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into
white crystals.
Choline
(Cho"line) n. (Physiol. Chem.) See Neurine.
Cholochrome
(Chol"o*chrome) n. [Gr. bile + color.] (Physiol.) See Bilirubin.
Cholophæin
(Chol`o*phæ"in) n. [Gr. bile + dusky.] (Physiol.) See Bilirubin.
Choltry
(||Chol"try) n. A Hindoo caravansary.
Chomp
(Chomp) v. i. To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell.
Chondrification
(Chon`dri*fi*ca"tion) n. (Physiol.) Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.
Chondrify
(Chon"dri*fy) v. t. & i. [Gr. cartilage + -fy.] To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
Chondrigen
(Chon"dri*gen) n. [Gr. cartilage + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of cartilage,
converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.
Chondrigenous
(Chon*drig"e*nous) a. [Gr. cartilage + -genous.] (Physiol.) Affording chondrin.
Chondrin
(Chon"drin) n. [Gr. cartilage.] (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance,
tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is
similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.
Chondrite
(Chon"drite) n. [Gr. a grain cartilage.] (Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence
of chondrules.
Chondritic
(Chon*drit"ic) a. (Min.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic
of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
Chondritis
(||Chon*dri"tis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. cartilage + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of cartilage.
Chondro-
(Chon"dro-) [Gr. a grain cartilage.] A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular
cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of
embryos.
Chondrodite
(Chon"dro*dite) n. [Gr. a grain cartilage.] (Min.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron,
yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.
Chondroganoidea
(||Chon`dro*ga*noi"de*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. cartilage + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoid.]
(Zoöl.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; — so called on account of their cartilaginous
skeleton.
Chondrogen
(Chon"dro*gen) n. [Gr. cartilage + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Chondrigen.