CHONDROID

adj. Ko2nd'roid. Gr., \ov8p<a (from (xoi/Spos, cartilage, and tlSot, resemblance). Lat., chondrodes, chondroides. Fr., chondro'ide. Ger., knorpelahnlich, knorpelartig. It., condroide. Sp., condroido. Resembling cartilage. [B, 121.] CHONDROITIC ACID [Bodecker], n. Ko2nd-ro-i2t'iak. Fr., acide chondro'itique. Syn.: chondroglycose [Bodecker]. A substance of acid reaction obtained from cartilage by long treatment with caustic soda. In one preparation there were 6'44 per cent, of nitrogen, 7'41 per cent, of ash, and"4'12 per cent, of organically combined sulphur. [Krukenberg, Wttrzburg. phys.-med. Sitzungsb.," 188:3 (B).] CHONDROMTHOS (Lat.), [s. 256]