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adj. 1. of or pertaining to achondrite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. chondritic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) A skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Med.) of or pertaining to achondroplasia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & n. See Antihypochondriac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Counteractive of hypochondria. -- n. A remedy for hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archon, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ruler, chief magistrate, p. pr. of &unr_; to be first, to rule. ] (Antiq.) One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preëminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates. -- Ar*chon"tic a. [1913 Webster]

n. The office of an archon. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. archontat. ] An archon's term of office. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Gr. 'a`rchwn, p. pr. See Archon. ] (Zool.) The group including man alone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Chondritis of a joint. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Malay bālachān. ] A condiment formed of small fishes or shrimps, pounded up with salt and spices, and then dried. It is much esteemed in China. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Jewelry) A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

‖a. [ see cabochon, n.. ] (Jewelry) Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon. [ PJC ]

{ } any of several trees of the genus Cinchona. Same as Cinchona. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a fish in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified; a cartilaginous fish.
Syn. -- cartilaginous fish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the class of fishes comprising the cartilaginous fishes, which includes the sharks.
Syn. -- class Chondrichthyes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Physiol.) Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -fy. ] To convert, or be converted, into cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -gen. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -genous. ] (Physiol.) Affording chondrin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros 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. See also chondroitin sulfate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -itis. ] (Med.) An inflammation of cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. cho`ndros a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoid. ] (Zool.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -gen. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Chondrigen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + genesis. ] (Physiol.) The development of cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage + -oid. ] Resembling cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, mucopolysaccharide having N-acetyl chondrosine as the repeating unit with one sulfate group per disaccharide. Typical preparations have a molecular weight of about 50, 000. Preparations are sold over-the-counter, often referred to as chondroitin, with the putative ability to relieve pain in joints and assist joint cartilage growth or regeneration; such claims are, as of 2001, yet unproven. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cartilage + -logy: cf. F. chondrologie. ] (Anat.) The science which treats of cartilages. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chondromata [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cartilage + -oma. ] A cartilaginous tumor or growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage + -meter. ] A steelyard for weighting grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. chondropterygien. ] Having a cartilaginous skeleton. -- n. One of the Chondropterygii. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cartilage + &unr_;, &unr_;, wing, fin. ] (Zool.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter. [ Written also Chondropterygia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cartilage + &unr_; bone. ] (Zool.) An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; a cutting. ] (Anat.) The dissection of cartilages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. from Gr. &unr_; a grain (of wheat or spelt), cartilage. ] (Min.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imbedded more or less abundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named from the wife of Count Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of this remedy. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The bark of any species of Cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona. Mayne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cinchona. ] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cinchona: cf. F. cinchonine. ] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cinchona. ] (Med.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , pron. Each one. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; in + &unr_; cartilage + -oma. ] (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone. Quain.