chondro-, chondr-, chrondrio-, chondri-, -chondriac, -chondrias, -chondromatous, -chondroma, -chondromas, -chondromata

Pseudogout; chronic recurrent arthritis clinically similar to gout. The crystals found in the synovial fluid are calcium pyrophosphate dihydreate and not urate crystals. The most commonly involved joint is the knee.

A giant cell involved in the absorption of cartilage.

A reference to the ribs and costal (rib) cartilages.

A cartilaginous skull; the cartilaginous (connective tissue substance) parts of the developing skull.

Pain in and around cartilage: In medical school Bob learned that forceful impacts to the joints while doing sports can cause chondrodynia, like twisting the knee while the foot is on the ground.

A written description of the cartilages: Chondrography is a type of dense, non-vascular connective bodily tissue which is usually found at the end of bodily joints, the rib cage, the ear, the nose, in the throat and between inter vertebral disks.

A chondrography is a solid part of the animal body, between the bones and ligaments, which in the foetus is a substitute for bone, but in the adult exists only in the joints, at the extremities of the ribs, etc.

Cartilages of chondrographies are of a whitish color, flexible, compressible, and very elastic, and some of them are apparently inorganic.