chondrin
Britishnoun
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Cartilage was considered to be composed of a substance chondrigen, which gave chondrin or cartilage-glue on boiling with water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
They yield chitin in place of chondrin or gelatin—as does also the cartilage of the Cephalopod’s endoskeleton.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
The chondrin which I used acted more powerfully than gelatine, but then I do not know that it was pure.
From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles
Gelatin consists of two substances, glutin and chondrin; the former is the main constituent of skin-gelatin, the latter of bone-gelatin.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
Neither glutin nor chondrin occurs ready formed in the animal kingdom, but they separate when the tissues are boiled with water.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
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