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chondro-

chondro- prefix: describing something relating to grains or having a granular structure.

Prefix

chondro-

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

Forms of chondro-

alternative formchondri-
alternative formchondr-

Origin of chondro-

From Latinized form of Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, seed, groats, gristle, cartilage”). By surface analysis, chondr- + -o-.

Questions about chondro-

What does chondro- mean?
Chondro- means describing something relating to grains or having a granular structure.
What part of speech is chondro-?
Chondro- is a prefix.

Words near chondro- in the dictionary

  1. chondriosphere
  2. chondrite
  3. chondrites
  4. chondritic
  5. chondritis
  6. chondro-
  7. chondro-osteodystrophies
  8. chondro-osteodystrophy
  9. chondroadherin
  10. chondroalbuminoid
  11. chondroblast

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chondro- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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