Definition of Chondrosarcoma

1. Noun. A malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells.

Generic synonyms: Sarcoma

Definition of Chondrosarcoma

1. Noun. A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Chondrosarcoma

1. A malignant neoplasm derived from cartilage tissue (chondroblasts). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chondrosarcoma

chondromyxoma
chondronectin
chondropathy
chondropharyngeal part of middle pharyngeal constrictor
chondropharyngeus
chondrophyte
chondrophytes
chondroplasia
chondroplast
chondroplasty
chondroporosis
chondroprotective
chondroprotein
chondropterygian
chondropterygians
chondrosarcoma (current term)
chondrosarcomas
chondrosarcomata
chondrosin
chondrosis
chondroskeleton
chondrosternal
chondrosternoplasty
chondrotome
chondrotomies
chondrotomy
chondrotrophic
chondroxiphoid
chondroxiphoid ligament
chondrule

Literary usage of Chondrosarcoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Principles of Pathologic Histology by Frank Burr Mallory (1914)
"... especially in adenomas of the mammary gland and in hair matrix cancers of the skin. 3. CHONDROBLASTOMA (CHONDROMA, chondrosarcoma) Definition. ..."

2. Therapeutic Gazette (1901)
"A REPORT OF A CASE OF RESECTION OF A LARGE PORTION OF THE ILIUM FOR chondrosarcoma. BY W. JOSEPH HEARN, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Jefferson ..."

3. Diseases of the digestive organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"... pain by exerting pressure upon the mandibular nerve. The object of the treatment is to remove these growths as early as possible. chondrosarcoma and ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"Therefore the case of chondrosarcoma of the corpus uteri. originating in the ... Perlstein states it is evident that this growth is a chondrosarcoma of the ..."

5. Neoplastic Diseases: A Treatise on Tumors by James Ewing (1922)
"Myxomatous areas occur especially with chondrosarcoma, as in the case of Gibb, ... chondrosarcoma occurs in the ovary as a one-sided development of a mixed ..."

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