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chondro-
combining_form
- indicating cartilage
chondroma
- grain or granular
chondrule
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chondro-1
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Example Sentences
All intermediate forms between the innocent chondroma and the malignant chondro-sarcoma are met with.
A rarer variety is the ossifying chondro-sarcoma, which undergoes ossification to such an extent as to be visible in skiagrams.
In the long bones it may grow from the shaft, while the chondro-sarcoma more often originates at the extremities.
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Words That Use Chondro-
What does chondro- mean?
Chondro- is a combining form used like a prefix meaning “cartilage” or “grain.” In medical terms, the form indicates “cartilage” and in scientific terms, it refers to “grain” or “granular.”
Chondro- ultimately comes from the Greek chóndros, meaning “cartilage” or “grain.”
Closely related to chondro- are the combining forms chondrio- and chondr-, which can also indicate “cartilage” or “grain” in medical and scientific terms.
Examples of chondro-
One example of a medical term that features the combining form chondro- is chondrotomy, meaning “the surgical division of a cartilage.”
The first part of the word, chondro-, means “cartilage.” The second combining form –tomy means “cutting, incision.” Chondrotomy has a literal sense of “cutting cartilage.”
What are some words that use the combining form chondro-?
- chondroblast
- chondrocyte
- chondroectodermal dysplasia
- chondrodystrophy
- chondrogenesis
- chondrolysis
- chondromalacia
- chondromere
- chondropathy
- chondrophyte
- chondroplast
- chondroporosis
- chondrosarcoma
- chondroskeleton
What are some other forms that chondro- may be commonly confused with?
Break it down!
The combining form -cyte means “cell.” With this in mind, what type of cell is a chondrocyte?
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