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chondroma [kon-droh-muh] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural chon·dro·mas, chon·dro·ma·ta [kon-droh-muh-tuh] /kɒnˈdroʊ mə tə/. Pathology.
- a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
Origin of chondroma chondr- + -oma Related formschon·dro·ma·tous, adjective Examples from the Web for chondroma Historical Examples of chondroma
The non-malignant forms—osteoma, chondroma, and fibroma—are rare.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities–Head–Neck. Sixth Edition.
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
Chondroma may occur in a multiple form, especially in relation to the phalanges and metacarpal bones.
Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
The myeloma is also to be diagnosed from chondroma, from sarcoma, and from osteomyelitis fibrosa cystica.
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
British Dictionary definitions for chondroma chondroma noun plural -mas or -mata (-mətə)
- pathol a benign cartilaginous growth or neoplasm
Derived Formschondromatous, adjective chondroma in Medicine chondroma [kŏn-drō′mə] n. pl. chon•dro•mas
- A benign neoplasm derived from mesodermal cells that form cartilage.