chondroma

American  

[kon-droh-muh] / kɒnˈdroʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

plural

chondromas, chondromata

1. a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.

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chondroma British  

/ kɒnˈdrəʊmə /

noun

1. pathol a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm

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Other Word Forms

• chondromatous adjective

Etymology

Origin of chondroma

chondr- + -oma

Example Sentences

Its development from fibrous tissue is more likely to result in a fibroma; from fat tissue, a lipoma, or a myxoma; from cartilage or bone, a chondroma or osteoma.

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There is no cartilage in the kidney or parotid gland, yet a chondroma, or cartilage tumor, may develop in either.

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When there is a central gumma, the shadow is interrupted by a rounded clear area, like that of a chondroma or myeloma, but there is sclerosis round about.

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Virchow has divided chondromata into two forms—those which he calls ecchondromata, which grow from cartilage, and those that grow independently from cartilage, or the enchondromata, which latter are in the great majority.

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Primary tumours are of the connective-tissue type, and are usually solitary, although certain forms, such as the chondroma, may be multiple from the outset.

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