Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
chondroma .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.
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- noun a
cartilage cyst found in thebone marrow
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)
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Examples
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_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.
Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery Chevalier Jackson 1911
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Chondroma, or enchondroma, is a cartilaginous tumor occurring principally where cartilage is normally found, but sometimes in regions containing no cartilage.
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Figure 244 represents an enchondroma of the thumb.
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Chondroma, or enchondroma, is a cartilaginous tumor occurring principally where cartilage is normally found, but sometimes in regions containing no cartilage.
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Excision of the larynx has found its chief indication in carcinoma, but has been employed in sarcoma, polyps, tuberculosis, enchondroma, stenosis, and necrosis.
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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.
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The hyaline enchondroma is of slow growth, but may at times assume immense proportions, as is shown in the accompanying illustration (Fig. 247), given by Warren, of a patient in whom the growth was in the scapula.
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Figure 244 represents an enchondroma of the thumb.
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Multiple enchondroma of long bones like femur or tibia. d.
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Multiple enchondroma of long bones like femur or tibia. d.
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