English Explanatory Dictionary

chondro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Describing something relating to grains or having a granular structure.
  2. Describing something composed of cartilage.

Word forms

chondro- chondri- chondr-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-rósder.? Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros)der. English chondro- From Latinized form of Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, seed, groats, gristle, cartilage”). By surface analysis, chondr- + -o-.

Related words

chondrio-

Translations

Dutch: chondro- Esperanto: ĥondro- French: chondro- Italian: condro- Polish: chondro- Russian: хондро- Spanish: condro- Turkish: kondro-
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