Chondrosis

/kɒnˈdroʊsɪs/ noun

A disease or abnormal condition affecting cartilage tissue.

From Greek chondros (cartilage) + -osis (condition or disease). The suffix -osis became standard in medical terminology during the 19th century for naming pathological states.

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