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myxochondromas

myxochondromas is the plural of myxochondroma.

Meaning of myxochondroma

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.
    • Microscopically the tumour is a myxochondroma, with mucoid degeneration affecting the cartilage cells.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

Forms of myxochondromas

alternative formmyxochondromata

Questions about myxochondromas

What is myxochondromas the plural of?
Myxochondromas is the plural of myxochondroma.

Words near myxochondromas in the dictionary

  1. myxoccocal
  2. myxochondroepithelioma
  3. myxochondroepitheliomas
  4. myxochondroid
  5. myxochondroma
  6. myxochondromas
  7. myxochondromata
  8. myxochondromatous
  9. myxochromide
  10. myxochromides
  11. myxococcal

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