chondro- 或 chrondri- 或 chrondr-
pref.(前缀)
语源
pref.(前缀)
- Cartilage:
软骨:
chondrocranium.
软骨颅 - Granule:
小颗粒:
chondrite.
球粒陨石
语源
- From Greek khondros [granule, cartilage] * see ghrendh-
源自 希腊语 khondros [小颗粒,软骨] *参见 ghrendh-
chondro- or chondri- or (before a vowel) chondr-
combining form
indicating cartilage
⇒
chondroma
grain or granular
⇒
chondrule
Origin
from Greek khondros grain, cartilagechondro-
1
variant of chondrio-:
chondrosarcoma.
Related Words
- achondroplasia
- chondrocranium
- chondromalacia
chondro-
combining form
- of or relating to cartilage表示“(与)软骨(有关)的”:
-
chondrocyte.
词源
from Greek khondros 'grain or cartilage'.
1875 T. H. Huxley in Encycl. Brit. I. 753/1The primordial skull or chondro-cranium.
1919 J. G. Kerr Embryol. II. 306The skull consists in its simplest form primarily of a chondro-cranium—a trough of cartilage, the cavity of which is occupied by the brain.
1959 Chambers's Encycl. XII. 591/1The parts of the skull which develop in cartilage constitute in the embryo what is called the chondrocranium.
1903 Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 3) 163/1Chondrocyte, a cartilage cell.
1937 E. E. Hewer Textbk. Histol. Med. Stud. 52In the mature state the chondrocytes do not divide.
1968 Bloom & Fawcett Textbk. Histol. (ed. 9) ix. 212/1Cartilage is a specialized form of connective tissue consisting of cells, chondrocytes, and extracellular fibers embedded in an amorphous, gel-like matrix.
1965 R. P. Morehead HumanPath. viii. 233/2 (heading)Benign chondrocytic tumors.
c1865 in Circ. Sc. I. 360/2The bones of the infant yield gelatine of cartilages or ‘chondrogen’.
1876 tr. Wagner'sGen. Pathol. 333The transformation of collagen and chondrogen into mucus or mucin.
1879 Watts Dict. Chem. VI. 449s.v. Chondrin,Pure rib-cartilage boiled with strong hydrochloric acid yields a sugar..De Bary..designates the sugar thus obtained as chondroglucose.
1897 Chaney Weights & Measures 130In estimating the quality of corn a little instrument called a ‘chondrometer’ is sometimes used.
1914 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. XVIII. 123The substance is isomeric with glucosamine, and until the details of its structure will be disclosed it will be referred to as chondrosamine. Chondrosamine resembles glucosamine in its elementary composition.
1956 Nature 10 Mar. 467/2 A sulphated polysaccharide containing both glucosamine and chondrosamine.
1883 J. Coats Man. Path. 213Sarcomas follow in their type the various connective tissues of the body... So Virchow indicates the division into fibrosarcoma, myxosarcoma, gliosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, osteosarcoma, melanosarcoma.
1886 Chondro-sarcoma . [ see chondroma]
1906 Practitioner Nov. 663 Similar new growths have been labelled by different observers carcinoma, adeno-sarcoma, chondro-sarcoma, myxosarcoma.
1966 Wright & Symmers SystemicPath. II. xxxvii. 1414/2In contrast to the majority of benign cartilaginous tumours, which occur towards the periphery of the limbs, chondrosarcomas usually arise in the pelvis, ribs, and proximal long bones.
1881 P. M. Duncan in Academy 23 Apr. 303The chondro-skeleton is now complete.
1859 Todd Cycl. Anat. V. 177/2The chondro-sternal ligaments.
Ibid. ,The superior pubic ligament finds its homologue..in the chondro-xiphoid..fibres.
chondro-
word-forming element meaning "cartilage," from Latinized form of Greek khondros "cartilage" (of the breastbone); see grind, v..
chondro-
combining form. a form of chondr-, as in chondrocyte.
chondro-
\in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ . |kändrō or -rə\
— see chondr-
— see chondr-
chondro-
Prefix
- Describing something relating to grains or having a granular structure.
- Describing something composed of cartilage.
Etymology
Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain; cartilage”).
Derived terms
English words prefixed with chondro-