myxochondroma
English edit
Etymology edit
myxo- + chondroma = myxo- + chondro- + -oma
Noun edit
myxochondroma (plural myxochondromas or myxochondromata)
- An unusual benign tumor of cartilaginous skeletal tissues (bones, ligaments, and tendons) that is a type of chondroma with myxoid (mucoid) degeneration of chondrocytes.
- 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:
- Microscopically the tumour is a myxochondroma, with mucoid degeneration affecting the cartilage cells.