Chapter Chokeberry to Chop of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

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.