chondroma
noun
a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
chondromata
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pluralof chondroma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
