- chondromucoprotein
- chon·dro·mu·co·pro·tein (kon″dro-mu″ko-proґtēn) the principal constituent of the ground substance of cartilage; it is a copolymer of a mucoprotein and chondroitin sulfates.
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chondromucoprotein
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