The breakdown, destruction, or surgical removal of cartilage tissue in the body.
From 'chondro-' (cartilage) + Greek 'klasis' (breaking, fracturing), describing the breaking apart of cartilage.
Your body naturally breaks down old cartilage constantly—when this process fails or goes wrong, you get arthritis, which is essentially unbalanced chondroclasis!
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