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chondroprotective

chondroprotective adjective: that retards degradation of articular cartilage.

Adjective

chondroprotective (comparative more chondroprotective, superlative most chondroprotective)

  1. That retards degradation of articular cartilage

Forms of chondroprotective

comparativemore chondroprotective
superlativemost chondroprotective

Origin of chondroprotective

From chondro- + protective.

Questions about chondroprotective

What does chondroprotective mean?
Chondroprotective means that retards degradation of articular cartilage.
What part of speech is chondroprotective?
Chondroprotective is an adjective.

Words near chondroprotective in the dictionary

  1. chondroprotect
  2. chondroprotectant
  3. chondroprotectants
  4. chondroprotected
  5. chondroprotection
  6. chondroprotective
  7. chondroprotein
  8. chondroproteins
  9. chondropterygian
  10. chondropterygians
  11. chondroptosis

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