- myxochondroma
- A benign neoplasm of cartilaginous tissue, i.e., a chondroma, in which the stroma resembles relatively primitive mesenchymal tissue. SYN: myxoma enchondromatosum. [myxo- + G. chondros, cartilage, + -oma, tumor]
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myxo·chon·dro·ma .mik-sə-.kän-'drō-mə n, pl -mas also -ma·ta -mət-ə a benign tumor with characteristics of both a chondroma and a myxoma* * *
myxo·chon·dro·ma (mik″so-kon-droґmə) [myxo- + chondroma] chondroma with a stroma resembling primitive mesenchymal tissue.
Medical dictionary. 2011.