enchondroma
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A cartilage cyst found in the bone marrow.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrendʰ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-rósder.? Ancient Greek χόνδρος (khóndros)der. English chondro- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English enchondroma From en- + chondro- + -oma.