CHONDROSARCOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chondrosarcoma mean? 

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

1. a malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHONDROSARCOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

sarcoma (a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

A non-disseminated skeletal or extraskeletal chondrosarcoma. —2004

(Localized Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of primary malignant bone neoplasms include osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and Ewing sarcoma.

(Malignant Bone Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

An extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma arising from the structures within the cranium.

(Intracranial Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The sarcomatous component may contain osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, or rhabdomyosarcoma elements.

(Gallbladder Carcinosarcoma, 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)

This rearrangement is associated with extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcomas.

(EWSR1/NR4A3 Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples include functioning or non-functioning carcinomas arising from the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, chordomas, chondrosarcomas, and metastatic carcinomas from the breast, lung, and gastrointestinal tract.

(Malignant Pituitary Gland Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma.

(Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma arising from soft tissue and bone.

(Myxoid Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A chondrosarcoma arising from the surface of bone.

(Periosteal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)