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CHONDROSARCOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A malignant neoplasm of cartilage cells
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("chondrosarcoma" is a kind of...):
sarcoma (a usually malignant tumor arising from connective tissue (bone or muscle etc.); one of the four major types of cancer)
Context examples:
An extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma which has spread to another anatomic site.
(Metastatic Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A chondrosarcoma that has spread to a secondary anatomical site.
(Metastatic Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma arising from bone.
(Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma of the Bone, NCI Thesaurus)
The sarcomatous component contains a malignant spindle cell proliferation or specific mesenchymal elements including osteosarcoma, chondrosarcoma, and leiomyosarcoma.
(Acinar Prostate Adenocarcinoma, Sarcomatoid Variant, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma occurring in children.
(Childhood Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma arising from soft tissue and bone, occurring in children.
(Childhood Myxoid Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Some types of primary bone cancer are osteosarcoma, Ewing sarcoma, malignant fibrous histiocytoma, and chondrosarcoma.
(Bone Cancer, NCI Dictionary)
A morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma arising from soft tissue and bone, occurring in adults.
(Adult Myxoid Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma occurring in adults.
(Adult Extraskeletal Myxoid Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
A rare morphologic variant of chondrosarcoma occurring in adults.
(Adult Mesenchymal Chondrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
