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Definition of Chondrus
1. Noun. A genus of protoctist.
Generic synonyms: Protoctist Genus
Group relationships: Family Gigartinaceae, Gigartinaceae
Member holonyms: Carageen, Carrageen, Carragheen, Chondrus Crispus, Irish Moss
Definition of Chondrus
1. a cartilage [n CHONDRI]
Medical Definition of Chondrus
1. Synonym: cartilage. 2. The plant Chondrus crispus, Fucus crispus, or Gigartina mamillosa (family Gigartinaceae); a demulcent in chronic and intestinal disorders. Synonym: carrageen, carragheen, Irish moss, pearl moss. Origin: G. Chondros, gristle (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondrus
Literary usage of Chondrus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"Vjo^w • '• '>vo, v.\~,^ Description.—Yellowish or whitish, horny, translucent,
when softened in water cartilaginous, many-forked, seg- Fia. 164. chondrus ..."
2. Pharmacographia; a History of the Principal Drugs of Vegetable Origin, Met by Friedrich August Flückiger, Daniel Hanburgy (1879)
"Botanical Origin—chondrus crispus Lyngbye (Fucus crispus L.), a sea weed of the
class ... History—chondrus crispus was figured in ..."
3. A Manual of materia medica and pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1906)
"... auxiliary cells and carpo- gonia separate, but usually in groups ; universal ;
nutritious, demulcent, alterative. Genus : 1. chondrus. ..."
4. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"chondrus. Coarsely granular powder. The dried plant of chondrus crispus Stackhouse,
or of Gigartina ..."
5. A Practical Treatise on Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Roberts Bartholow (1903)
"Collodion has been used with success as a means of compression in umbilical
hernia, spina-bifida, varicocele, etc. chondrus.— chondrus crispus. Irish moss. ..."
6. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"chondrus, Cuv. The aperture, as in the last mentioned Pupae, indente'd on the
side next to the spine by the preceding whorl and bordered with salient ..."
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