chondrocyte

From chondro- +‎ -cyte.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.dɹəˌsaɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.dɹəˌsaɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Hyphenation: chon‧dro‧cyte

chondrocyte (plural chondrocytes)

1. (biology) A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
   • 2010 January 29, Anita Woods et al., “Control of chondrocyte gene expression by actin dynamics: a novel role of cholesterol/Ror-α signalling in endochondral bone growth”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine‎^[1], volume 13, →DOI:

     Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].

   • 1888, Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger:

     The pinnacocytes of the outer surface and the adjacent chondrocytes contain pigment granules.

• chondrocytic
• fibrochondrocyte
• perichondrocyte
• prechondrocyte