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.
Chondrosis includes everything from normal wear-and-tear cartilage damage to rare genetic cartilage disorders, so it's an umbrella term that doctors use when they need to be vague about what's actually wrong.
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