ec·chon·dro·ma
(ek'kon-drō'mă), 1. A cartilaginous neoplasm arising as an overgrowth from normally situated cartilage, as a mass protruding from the articular surface of a bone, in contrast to enchondroma.
2. An enchondroma which has burst through the shaft of a bone and become pedunculated.
[G. ek, from, + chondros, cartilage, + -oma, tumor]
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ec·chon·dro·ma
(ek-kon-drō'mă) 1. A neoplasm arising from cartilage as a mass protruding from the articular surface of a bone.
2. An enchondroma that has burst through the shaft of a bone and become pedunculated.
[G. ek, from, + chondros, cartilage, + -oma, tumor]
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ecchondroma
A bony outgrowth capped with cartilage. An exostosis. Also known as osteochondroma.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005