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ecchondroma(dictionary)

Joey (iou) and ecchondroma (medicine)


Joey (iou)



Joey noun1. M19.
[Familiar abbreviation of male forename Joseph (see JOE noun2, -Y6), in branch I from Joseph Hume (1777-1855), politician and financial expert, in branch II from the clown Joseph Grimaldi (1779-1837).]
I. A fourpenny piece. slang. M-L19.
A threepenny bit. slang. obsolete exc. Hist. M20.
II.
A clown. colloq. L19.

ecchondroma (medicine)


ecchondroma
<tumour> 1. A cartilaginous neoplasm arising as an overgrowth from normally situated cartilage, as a mass protruding from the articular surface of a bone, in contrast to enchondroma.

2. An enchondroma which has burst through the shaft of a bone and become pedunculated.

Synonym: ecchondrosis.

Origin: G. Ek, from, + chondros, cartilage, + -oma, tumour