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Medical Definition of Hamartochondromatosis
1. Neoplasm-like foci of cartilaginous tissue in sites where cartilage is a normal constituent, but in which the growth of cartilage cells is out of proportion to the other elements of the organ. Origin: G. Hamartion, bodily defect, + chondros, cartilage, + -osis, condition (05 Mar 2000)