English Explanatory Dictionary

myxochondroma

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unusual benign tumor of cartilaginous skeletal tissues (bones, ligaments, and tendons) that is a type of chondroma with myxoid (mucoid) degeneration of chondrocytes.

Word forms

myxochondroma myxochondromas myxochondromata

Etymology

From myxo- + chondroma or myxo- + chondro- + -oma.

Derived words

myxochondroid myxochondromatous
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