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CHONDRIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chondrin mean?
• CHONDRIN (noun)
The noun CHONDRIN has 1 sense:
1. a substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water
Familiarity information: CHONDRIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A substance that resembles gelatin and is obtained by boiling cartilage in water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("chondrin" is a kind of...):
albuminoid; scleroprotein (a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye)
Derivation:
chondrify (turn into cartilage)
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