myxochondroma

English

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• myxochondroid
• myxochondromatous

Anagrams

• chondromyxoma