chondroma Path.
(kɒnˈdrəʊmə)
[mod.L., f. Gr. χόνδρ-ος cartilage + -oma.]
A benign tumour arising from chondrocytes. Hence chonˈdromatous a.
| 1860 Mayne Expos. Lex. 1443/2 Chondroma, a cartilaginous growth. 1886 Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. II. 810/2 Chondromatous tissue is found somewhat more frequently (chondro-sarcoma). 1908 Practitioner Oct. 535 Excessive and exuberant callus, chondroma, sarcoma, etc., at the site of fractures are comparable with keloid, sarcoma, epithelioma, etc., arising in scars of soft parts. 1966 Wright & Symmers Systemic Path. I. ix. 327/1 Chondromas may arise from any of the laryngeal cartilages but their usual site is the cricoid cartilage. |