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Definition of Enchondroma
1. Noun. Benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet).
Definition of Enchondroma
1. n. A cartilaginous tumor growing from the interior of a bone.
Definition of Enchondroma
1. Noun. a cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Enchondroma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Enchondroma
Literary usage of Enchondroma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1873)
"enchondroma and cancer of right testicle. CC—Medullary cancer. ... Again medullary
cancer has followed upon the removal of an unmingled enchondroma. ..."
2. A Practical treatise on the diseases of the testis, and of the spermatic by Thomas Blizard Curling (1856)
"I have remarked that small masses of enchondroma are frequently mixed up with
... It is clear from recent observations that the enchondroma is originally ..."
3. Diseases of the Breast, with Special Reference to Cancer by William Louis Rodman (1908)
"enchondroma. Although tumors containing cartilage or composed entirely thereof
are not uncommon in the breasts of certain animals, particularly bitches and ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1865)
"The subsequent history of the enchondroma of the bones, as well of the harder as
of the softer forms, shows that they undergo a mucous-like softening, ..."
5. A Theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery including the diseases of by Pierre Cazeaux (1878)
"which contains ten cases of enchondroma coincident with pregnancy, the one borrowed
from ... of this character with enchondroma properly 80 called. ..."
6. A System of surgery v.2: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1872)
"... as Dr. Olivier, of Paris, suggests, that the tumor is developed from the
membranes rather than from the bones of the nasal cavity. 14. enchondroma. ..."
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