chondro-

combining_form

1. indicating cartilage

   chondroma

2. grain or granular

   chondrule

Word History and Origins

Origin of chondro-¹

from Greek khondros grain, cartilage

Example Sentences

All intermediate forms between the innocent chondroma and the malignant chondro-sarcoma are met with.

From Project Gutenberg

A rarer variety is the ossifying chondro-sarcoma, which undergoes ossification to such an extent as to be visible in skiagrams.

From Project Gutenberg

In the long bones it may grow from the shaft, while the chondro-sarcoma more often originates at the extremities.

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