‖ enchondroma Path.
(ɛnkɒnˈdrəʊma)
Pl. enchondromata. Also (formerly) in adapted form enchondrom.
[mod.L., as if a. Gr. *ἐγχόνδρωµα, f. ἐν in + χόνδρος cartilage.]
Orig., a tumour having a structure resembling cartilage. In later use usu. restricted to mean: a chondroma arising within a bone.
| 1847 South tr. Chelius's Surgery II. 674 John Müller has described it most minutely as Enchondrom..such conglomeration is peculiar to the Enchondrom. 1847–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 133/1 Enchondroma exhibits itself as a tumour of moderate size. 1878 T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 112 Enchondromata..are most commonly met with in connection with bone. 1958 H. L. Jaffe Tumors of Bones xi. 170 An enchondroma beginning within a metaphysis may eventually involve a large portion of the shaft. |