enchondroma

American  

[en-kuhn-droh-muh] / ˌɛn kənˈdroʊ mə /

noun

Pathology.

plural

enchondromas, enchondromata

1. a growth of cartilage within the shaft or substance of a bone.

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enchondroma British  

/ ˌɛnkənˈdrəʊmə /

noun

1. pathol a benign cartilaginous tumour, most commonly in the bones of the hands or feet

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Other Word Forms

• enchondromatous adjective

Etymology

Origin of enchondroma

1840–50; < New Latin < Greek en- en- ² + chóndr ( os ) cartilage + -ōma -oma

Example Sentences

Figure 244 represents an enchondroma of the thumb.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

They usually project from the surface of the bone, and may attain an enormous size; sometimes they grow in the interior of a bone, the so-called enchondroma.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Lymphoma, enchondroma and osteoma, if not too extensively involving the laryngeal walls, may be excised with basket punch forceps, but lymphoma is probably better treated by radium.*

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

Excision of the larynx has found its chief indication in carcinoma, but has been employed in sarcoma, polyps, tuberculosis, enchondroma, stenosis, and necrosis.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The hyaline enchondroma is of slow growth, but may at times assume immense proportions, as is shown in the accompanying illustration, given by Warren, of a patient in whom the growth was in the scapula.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)