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chondrosarcoma

noun chon·dro·sar·co·ma \ ˌkän-drō-sär-ˈkō-mə \

medical Definition of chondrosarcoma

plural chondrosarcomas also chondrosarcomata play \-mət-ə\
: 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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