Myxochondroma

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An unusual benign tumor of cartilaginous skeletal tissues (bones, ligaments, and tendons) that is a type of chondroma with myxoid (mucoid) degeneration of chondrocytes.

    "Microscopically the tumour is a myxochondroma, with mucoid degeneration affecting the cartilage cells."

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"Microscopically the tumour is a myxochondroma, with mucoid degeneration affecting the cartilage cells."

Etymology

From myxo- + chondroma or myxo- + chondro- + -oma.

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benign tumor

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