chondro-, chondr-, chrondrio-, chondri-, -chondriac, -chondrias, -chondromatous, -chondroma, -chondromas, -chondromata (Greek: groat, grain, any small rounded mass; cartilage, gristle, granule, or a relationship to cartilage).chondral:
A reference to cartilage.
chondralgia, chondrodynia:
Pain in a cartilage.
chondralloplasia, dyschondroplasia:
Cartilage in abnormal places.
chondrectomy:
Surgical excision of a cartilage.
chondric:
A reference to cartilage.
chondrification:
Conversion into cartilage.
chondrified:
chondrifies:
chondrify:
chondrigen, chondrogen:
The basal substance of cartilage and corneal tissue, which turns into chondrin when boiled
chondrin:
Gelatin-like matter obtained by boiling cartilage.
chondriosome:
chondritis:
Inflammation of cartilage.
chondroadenoma:
Cartilaginous tissue in an adenoma.
chondroangioma:
Cartilaginous elements in an angioma.
chondroblast:
A cell that forms cartilage.
chondroblastoma:
A benign neoplasm in which the cells resemble cartilage cells and the tumor appears to be cartilage.
chondrocalciosis:
Pseudogout; chronic recurrent arthritis clinically similar to gout. The crystals found in the synovial fluid are calcium pyrophosphate dihydreate and not urate crystals. The most commonly involved joint is the knee.
chondroclast:
A giant cell involved in the absorption of cartilage.
chondrocostal:
A reference to the ribs and costal (rib) cartilages.
chondrocranium:
chondrocyte:
chondrodermatitis:
chondrodynia:
chondrodystrophy:
chondrogenesis:
chondrography:
chondroid:
chondroitic:
chondrology:
chondrolysis:
chondroma:
chondronecrosis:
chondropathology:
chondropathy:
chondroplastic:
chondroplasty:
chondroskeleton:
chondrosternoplasty:
chondrotome:
chondrotomy:
chondrotrophic:
cyberchondria:
1. A reference to people who frantically search on the Internet for detailed information on their medical problems, real or imagined.
2. A situation in which people surf the net in a frenzy of health anxiety. enchondroma:
hypochondria:
hypochondriac:
hypochondriacal:
hypochondriasis:
hypochondrium:
mitochondria:
mitochondrial:
mitochondrion:
osteochondritis:
perichondrium:
synchondrosis:
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