chondroid
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chondroid
[kon´droid]resembling cartilage.
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chon·droid
(kon'droyd),1. Resembling cartilage. Synonym(s): cartilaginoid
2. Uncharacteristically developed cartilage, primarily cellular with a basophilic matrix and thin or nonexistent capsules.
[chondro- + G. eidos, resemblance]
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chondroid
adjective Referring to or resembling cartilage.noun Hyaline cartilage.
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chondroid
adjective Referring to cartilage noun Hyaline cartilage, see there.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
chon·droid
(kon'droyd)1. Resembling cartilage.
Synonym(s): cartilaginoid.
Synonym(s): cartilaginoid.
2. Uncharacteristically developed cartilage, primarily cellular with a basophilic matrix and thin or nonexistent capsules.
[chondro- + G. eidos, resemblance]
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