ecchondroman.
/ɛkɒnˈdrəʊmə/ Pathology.
A chondroma growing outwards from the surface of a bone or cartilage.
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1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. I
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 826 Ecchondromas are usually firmly attached, hard, sessile growths.
1929 C. Wakeley & N. S. D. Buxton Surg. Pathol. xv. 124 Chondroma..may burst through the shaft and become pedunculated (ecchondroma).
1954 G. P. Wright Introd. Pathol. (ed. 2) xxix. 537 Chondromas arise most frequently in bony structures, and are termed enchondromas or ecchondromas according to their internal or external situation.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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