CHONDROMA (chondromata)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: chondromata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does chondroma mean? 

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

1. a common benign tumor of cartilage cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHONDROMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A common benign tumor of cartilage cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

 Context examples 

Representative examples of benign neoplasms include adenoma, papilloma, chondroma, and endobronchial lipoma.

(Lung Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign lung soft tissue neoplasms include chondroma, leiomyoma, myolipoma, and fibroma.

(Lung Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of benign mediastinal soft tissue neoplasms include chondroma, leiomyoma, lipoma, and rhabdomyoma.

(Mediastinal Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement is associated with solitary lipoma, soft tissue chondroma, pulmonary chondroid hamartoma and parosteal lipoma.

(HMGA2/LPP Short Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include chondroma, osteoma, and osteosarcoma.

(Extraskeletal Cartilaginous and Osseous Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An extremely rare syndrome characterized by the presence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors, pulmonary chondroma, and/or extra-adrenal paraganglioma.

(Carney triad, NCI Thesaurus)

An extraskeletal chondroma usually arising from the dura.

(Chondroma of the Central Nervous System, NCI Thesaurus)

Multiple formation of chondromas.

(Chondromatosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)