myxochondroma

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Etymology

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From myxo- +‎ chondroma or myxo- +‎ chondro- +‎ -oma.

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myxochondroma (plural myxochondromas or myxochondromata)

  1. An unusual benign tumor of cartilaginous skeletal tissues (bones, ligaments, and tendons) that is a type of chondroma with myxoid (mucoid) degeneration of chondrocytes.
    • 1929, CP Wakeley, “Specimen of myxochondroma of the base of the skull, causing pressure on the brain”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, volume 22, number 5, →PMID, →PMCID, page 703:
      Microscopically the tumour is a myxochondroma, with mucoid degeneration affecting the cartilage cells.

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