*chondr*

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

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

a. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_; cartilage. ] (Physiol.) Growing or developing within cartilage; -- applied esp. to developing bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fibra a fiber + gr. cho`ndros cartilage + 'oste`on bone. ] (Anat.) Partly fibrous, partly cartilaginous, and partly osseous. St. George Mivart. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls, "alo`s, sea + cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Zool.) An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. hypocondres, formerly spely hypochondres. ] The hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondrium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] (Med.) An excessive concern about one's own health, particularly a morbid worry about illnesses which a person imagines are affecting him, often focusing on specific symptoms; also called hypochondriasis. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; affocated in the hypochondrium: cf. F. hypocondriaque, formerly spelt hypochondriaque. ] 1. Of or pertaining to hypochondria, or the hypochondriac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected, characterized, or produced, by hypochondriasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hypochondriac region (Anat.), a region on either side of the abdomen beneath the cartilages of the false ribs, beside the epigastric, and above the lumbar, region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person affected with hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had become an incurable hypochondriac. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hypochondriac, 2. -- Hy`po*chon"dri*a*cal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. So named because supposed to have its seat in the hypochondriac regions. See Hypochondriac, Hypochondrium, and cf. Hyp, 1st Hypo. ] (Med.) A mental disorder in which melancholy and gloomy views torment the affected person, particularly concerning his own health; a morbid and deluded belief that one is afflicted with disease.
Syn. -- hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Hypochondriasis. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Hypochondria E. Hypochondriums [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; under the cartilage of the breastbone; &unr_; under + &unr_; cartilage. ] (Anat.) Either of the hypochondriac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hypochondriasis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Perichondrium, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the perichondrium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. peri` around + cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Anat.) The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests cartilage, except where covering articular surfaces. [ 1913 Webster ]