chon·dro·sar·co·ma | \ ˌkän-drō-sär-ˈkō-mə 
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\ plural chondrosarcomas also chondrosarcomata\ -mət-ə \
\Medical Definition of chondrosarcoma
: a sarcoma containing cartilage cells rarely arising as a primary tumor but more frequently developing as a secondary growth by malignant degeneration of a chondroma
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