OSTEOCHONDROMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteochondroma mean? 

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

1. benign tumor containing both bone and cartilage; usually occurs near the end of a long bone

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEOCHONDROMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Benign tumor containing both bone and cartilage; usually occurs near the end of a long bone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

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

 Context examples 

Osteochondromas may also occur at some point in time after cancer treatment, such as stem cell transplant.

(Osteochondroma, NCI Dictionary)

Grossly and microscopically it resembles an osteochondroma.

(Multiple Osteochondromas, NCI Thesaurus)

Hereditary disorder transmitted by autosomal dominant genes (EXT1-3) and characterized by multiple exostoses (multiple osteochondromas) near the ends of long bones.

(Hereditary Multiple Exostoses, NCI Thesaurus)