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Describing something relating to grains or having a granular structure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Describing something composed of cartilage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ghrendh-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-rósder.? Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros)der. English chondro- From Latinized form of Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros, “grain, seed, groats, gristle, cartilage”). By surface analysis, chondr- + -o-.
Across languages
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