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Chondrology

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chondrotomynoun(anatomy) The dissection or cutting of cartilage.
chondromanoun(medicine) A benign tumour formed from cartilage cells
chondrectomynoun(surgery) excision of cartilage
chondroplasianounThe formation of cartilage by chondrocytes
chondrosarcomanoun(oncology) A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour.
chondrocraniumnoun(anatomy) The developing skull, composed of cartilage, of an embryo before ossification
chondroepiphysisnounepiphyseal cartilage
chondrotomenounA surgical instrument for cutting cartilage.
cartilagenoun(anatomy, uncountable) A usually translucent and somewhat elastic, dense, nonvascular connective tissue found in various forms in the larynx and respiratory tract, in structures such as the external ear, and in the articulating surfaces of joints. It composes most of the skeleton of vertebrate embryos, being replaced by bone during ossification in the higher vertebrates.
chondroplastynounsurgery to reshape the cartilage
enchondromanoun(medicine, pathology) A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow.
chondroskeletonnounA skeleton (of some fish and of mammal embryos) composed of hyaline cartilage
articular cartilagenoun(anatomy) A tough, elastic, fibrous connective tissue found in various parts of the body, such as the joints, outer ear, and larynx. A major constituent of the embryonic and young vertebrate skeleton, it is converted largely to bone with maturation.
chondroinductionnouninduction of the growth of cartilage
chondroconductionnounThe growth of chondrocytes
chondroskeletogenesisnounThe skeletogenesis of a chondroskeleton
chondrolaryngoplastynoun(surgery) A surgical procedure in which the thyroid cartilage is reduced in size by shaving down the cartilage through an incision in the throat.
adenochondromanoun(pathology) A hamartoma consisting of glandular and cartilaginous tissue
perichondriumnoun(anatomy) a dense layer of fibrous connective tissue surrounding the cartilage of developing bone
osteocartilagenoun(anatomy) An intimate mixture of bone and cartilage

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