1.(Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.
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, chondrogen (kŏn′drĭ-jĕn) [″ + gennan, to produce] Obsolete term for the basal substance of cartilage and corneal tissue, which turns into chondrin on boiling.