Where does “myxochondroma” come from?

myxochondroma (English) comes from English chondroma, from English oma, from Tibetan འོ་མ, from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

myxochondroma (English): An unusual benign tumor of cartilaginous skeletal tissues (bones, ligaments, and tendons) that is a type of chondroma with myxoid (mucoid) degeneration of chondrocytes

Definitions

  1. An unusual benign tumor of cartilaginous skeletal tissues (bones, ligaments, and tendons) that is a type of chondroma with myxoid (mucoid) degeneration of chondrocytes

Ancestry of “myxochondroma”, step by step

myxochondroma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chondroma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchondromaA benign tumour formed from cartilage cells
2Englishomagrandmother, grandma
3Tibetanའོ་མmilk
4Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
5Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via English myxo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmyxomyxomatosis, a rabbit disease transmitted by...
2Ancient Greekμύξαmucus, discharge from the nose; slime of certain...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmew-k-slimy, slippery; slip, slime

Words derived from “myxochondroma”

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