Relating to or affecting cartilage, the flexible tissue found in joints and the ears.
From Greek 'chondros' meaning cartilage, plus the adjective suffix '-al'; used in medical and anatomical terminology since the 1800s.
Chondral damage in knees is one of the most common sports injuries because cartilage has almost no blood supply to heal itself—once it's damaged, the body struggles to fix it.
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