chondroma

[ kon-droh-muh ]

/ kɒnˈdroʊ mə /

noun, plural chon·dro·mas, chon·dro·ma·ta [kon-droh-muh-tuh] /kɒnˈdroʊ mə tə/. Pathology.

a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.

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Origin of chondroma

chondr- + -oma

Related formschon·dro·ma·tous, adjective

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Examples from the Web for chondroma

The non-malignant forms—osteoma, chondroma, and fibroma—are rare.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles
Chondroma may occur in a multiple form, especially in relation to the phalanges and metacarpal bones.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
There is no cartilage in the kidney or parotid gland, yet a chondroma, or cartilage tumor, may develop in either.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture
The myeloma is also to be diagnosed from chondroma, from sarcoma, and from osteomyelitis fibrosa cystica.
Manual of Surgery|Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles

Chondroma usually begins either on the nasal surface of the bone or in the maxillary sinus.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition.|Alexander Miles

British Dictionary definitions for chondroma

chondroma

/ (kɒnˈdrəʊmə) /

noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə)

pathol a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm

Derived Formschondromatous, adjective

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Medicine definitions for chondroma

chondroma

[ kŏn-drō′mə ]

n. pl. chon•dro•mas

A benign neoplasm derived from mesodermal cells that form cartilage.