ecchondroma Path.
(ɛkɒnˈdrəʊmə)
[mod.L., f. Gr. ἐκ out + chondroma.]
A chondroma growing outwards from the surface of a bone or cartilage.
| 1890 in Billings Med. Dict. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 826 Ecchondromas are usually firmly attached, hard, sessile growths. 1929 Wakeley & Buxton Surg. Path. xv. 124 Chondroma..may burst through the shaft and become pedunculated (ecchondroma). 1954 G. P. Wright Introd. Path. (ed. 2) xxix. 537 Chondromas arise most frequently in bony structures, and are termed enchondromas or ecchondromas according to their internal or external situation. |