ENCHONDROMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: enchondromata   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("enchondroma" is a kind of...):

benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour (a tumor that is not cancerous)

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