myxochondroma

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounmyxochondroma (plural myxochondromas or myxochondromata)

plural myxochondromas · plural myxochondromata

  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.

    Microscopically the tumour is a myxochondroma, with mucoid degeneration affecting the cartilage cells.

    1929, CP Wakeley, “Specimen of myxochondroma of the base of the skull, causing pressure on the brain”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, volume 22, number 5, →PMID, →PMCID, page 703

Origin

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

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

chondromyxoma
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Chicago

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