chondro-, chondr-, chrondrio-, chondri-, -chondriac, -chondrias, -chondromatous, -chondroma, -chondromas, -chondromata
(Greek: groat, grain, any small rounded mass; cartilage, gristle, granule, or a relationship to cartilage)
chondral
A reference to cartilage.
chondrectomy
Surgical excision of a cartilage.
chondric
A reference to cartilage.
chondrification
Conversion into cartilage.
chondrified
chondrifies
chondrify (verb), chondrifies; chondrified; chondrifying
chondrigen, chondrogen
The basal substance of cartilage and corneal tissue, which turns into chondrin when boiled
chondrin
Gelatin-like matter obtained by boiling cartilage.
chondriosome
chondritis
Inflammation of cartilage.
chondroadenoma
Cartilaginous tissue in an adenoma.
chondroangioma
1. Cartilaginous elements in an angioma, a form of tumor, usually benign, consisting principally of blood vessels (hemangioma) or lymph vessels (lymphangioma).
2. A benign mesenchymoma (tumor of mixed mesenchymal tissue or the meshwork of embryonic connective tissue) containing cartilaginous and angiomatous elements.
2. A benign mesenchymoma (tumor of mixed mesenchymal tissue or the meshwork of embryonic connective tissue) containing cartilaginous and angiomatous elements.
chondroblast
A cell that forms cartilage.
chondroblastoma
A benign neoplasm in which the cells resemble cartilage cells and the tumor appears to be cartilage.
