ENCHONDROMA (enchondromata)

Pronunciation (US):

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Irregular inflected form: enchondromata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does enchondroma mean? 

• ENCHONDROMA (noun)
  The noun ENCHONDROMA has 1 sense:

1. benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)

  Familiarity information: ENCHONDROMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENCHONDROMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("enchondroma" is a kind of...):

benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour (a tumor that is not cancerous)

 Context examples 

A rare benign disorder characterized by lack of normal endochondral ossification, and the growth of multiple enchondromas.

(Enchondromatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include benign fibrous histiocytoma of bone, osteoma, osteoblastoma, chondroblastoma, and enchondroma.

(Benign Bone Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinical signs appear within the first decade and are characterized by multiple soft tissue hemiangiomas and enchondromas leading to skeletal deformities.

(Maffucci Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

A distinct variety of chondrosarcoma containing two clearly defined components: a well differentiated cartilaginous tumor (enchondroma or a low grade chondrosarcoma) and a high grade noncartilaginous sarcoma.

(Dedifferentiated Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)