Defn: A native or inhabitant of Carthage.
CARTHAMIN
Car"tha*min, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.
CARTHUSIAN Car*thu"sian, n. Etym: [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.] (Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at
Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.
CARTHUSIAN
Car*thu"sian, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the Carthusian.
CARTILAGE
Car"ti*lage, n. Etym: [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.)
Defn: A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle.
Note: Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous,
intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or
capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See
Illust under Duplication. Articular cartilage, cartilage that lines
the joints.
— Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of
cartilage.
— Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See
Illust. of Thorax.