Chordal
(Chor"dal) a. Of or pertaining to a chord.
Chordata
(||Chor*da"ta) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zoöl.) A comprehensive division of animals
including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.
Chordee
(Chor*dee") n. [F. cordé, cordée, p. p. of corder to cord.] (Med.) A painful erection of the
penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.
Chore
(Chore) n. [The same word as char work done by the day.] A small job; in the pl., the regular
or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors. [U. S.]
Chore
(Chore), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chored ; p. pr. & vb. n. Choring.] To do chores. [U. S.]
Chore
(Chore) n. A choir or chorus. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Chorea
(||Cho*re"a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. dance.] (Med.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive
twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.
Choree
(Cho*ree") n. [F. chorée.] See Choreus.
Choregraphic
(Cho`re*graph"ic Cho`re*graph"ic*al) a. Pertaining to choregraphy.
Choregraphy
(Cho*reg"ra*phy) n. [GR. dnce + -graphy.] The art of representing dancing by signs, as
music is represented by notes. Craig.
Choreic
(Cho*re"ic) a. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.
Chorepiscopal
(Cho`re*pis"co*pal) a. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his charge or authority.
Chorepiscopus
(||Cho`re*pis"co*pus) n.; pl. Chorepiscopi [L., fr. Gr. chw^ros, chw`ra, place, country
+ bishop. Cf. Bishop.] (Eccl.) A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a
diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
Choreus
(||Cho*re"us Cho*ree") n. [L. choreus, Gr. prop. an adj. meaning belonging to a chorus; cf. F.
chorée.] (Anc. Pros.) (a) a trochee. (b) A tribrach.
Choriamb
(Cho"ri*amb) n.; pl. Choriambs Same as Choriambus.
Choriambic
(Cho`ri*am"bic) a. [L. choriambicus, gr. .] Pertaining to a choriamb. — n. A choriamb.
Choriambus
(Cho`ri*am"bus) n.; pl. L. Choriambi E. Choriambuses [L. choriambus, Gr. a choreus
+ iambus.] (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the
other short (- &ssmile &ssmile -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.
Choric
(Cho"ric) a. [L. choricus, Gr. .] Of or pertaining to a chorus.
I remember a choric ode in the Hecuba.
Coleridge.
Chorion
(||Cho"ri*on) n. [NL., fr. Gr. .]
1. (Anat.) (a) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane
investing many ova at certain stages of development. (b) The true skin, or cutis.
2. (Bot.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.
Chorisis
(||Cho"ri*sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. separation.] (Bot.) The separation of a leaf or floral organ into
two more parts.
