Meaning
rootchondr/o
cartilage
GreekMusculoskeletal
Terms built from chondr/o
One term in the TermDecode library uses this word part. Where a term’s breakdown names the part, the term is shown split into its parts with chondr/o marked.
chondr/o decoded step by step
One library term, read one part at a time.
- The root chondr/o means “cartilage”.
- The suffix -malacia means “softening”.
- Together: Softening of cartilage.
Parts that combine with chondr/o
Word parts that appear alongside chondr/o in a library term’s breakdown, with how many terms pair them.
Other examples
Words that use chondr/o but do not yet have their own page in the library.
chondritischondroma
More musculoskeletal roots and combining forms
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