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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

χόνδροσ

cartilage +

-gen

(Physiol. Chem.)

The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.

chondrigen ‎(uncountable)

(biochemistry) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous substance called chondrin.