Choleraic
Chol′er‐a″ic (?), a. Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Choleric
Chol″er‐ic (?), a. [L. cholericus, Gr. �: cf. F. cholérique.] 1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. Dryden.2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.3. Angry;...
Cholericly
Chol″er‐ic‐ly, adv. In a choleric manner; angrily.
Choleriform
Chol″er‐i‐form′ (?), a. [Cholera + -form.] Resembling cholera.
Cholerine
Chol″er‐ine (?), n.(Med.) (a) The precursory symptoms of cholera. (b) The first stage of epidemic cholera. (c) A mild form of cholera.
Choleroid
Chol″er‐oid, a. [Cholera + -oid.] Choleriform.
Cholesteric
Cho′les‐ter″ic (?), a. [Cf. F. cholestérique.] Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. Ure.
Cholesterin
Cho‐les″ter‐in (?), n. [Gr. � bile + � stiff fat: F. cholestérine. See Stearin.] (Chem.) A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant...
Choliamb
{ Cho″li‐amb (?), Cho′li‐am″bic (?), } n. [L. choliambus, Gr. �; � lame + � an iambus.] (Pros.) A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.
Cholic
{ Chol″ic (?), Cho‐lin″ic (?), } a.(Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile.Cholic acid(Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of tauroc...
Choline
Cho″line (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) See Neurine.
Cholochrome
Chol″o‐chrome (?), n.(Physiol.) See Bilirubin.
Cholophæin
Chol′o‐phæ″in (?), n.(Physiol.) See Bilirubin.
Choltry
‖Chol″try (?), n. A Hindoo caravansary.
Chomage
‖Cho′mage″ (?), n. [F. chomage.] 1. Stoppage; cessation (of labor).2. A standing still or idle (of mills, factories, etc.).
Chomp
Chomp (?), v. i. To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. Halliwell.
Chondrification
Chon′dri‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n.(Physiol.) Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.
Chondrify
Chon″dri‐fy (?), v. t. & i. [Gr. � cartilage + -fy.] To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.
Chondrigen
Chon″dri‐gen (?), n. [Gr. � cartilage + -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.
Chondrigenous
Chon‐drig″e‐nous (?), a. [Gr. � cartilage + -genous.] (Physiol.) Affording chondrin.
Chondrin
Chon″drin (?), n.(Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling wat...
Chondrite
Chon″drite (?), n.(Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.
Chondritic
Chon‐drit″ic (?), a.(Min.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.
Chondritis
‖Chon‐dri″tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � cartilage + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of cartilage.
Chondro-
Chon″dro– (?). A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of emb...
Chondrodite
Chon″dro‐dite (?), n.(Min.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.
Chondroganoidea
‖Chon′dro‐ga‐noi″de‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � cartilage + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoid.] (Zoöl.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; — so called on account of their ...