subchondral

English

Etymology

sub- +‎ chondral

Adjective

subchondral (not comparable)

  1. (bone) Lying under articular cartilage and containing marrow.
    • 1880, Victor Cornil, Louis Antoine Ranvier, Edward Oram Shakespeare, J. Henry Clay Simes, A Manual of Pathological Histology, page 236:
      The subchondral osseous layer which contains the embryonic marrow is thin
    • 2006, Juergen Maeurer, Martin Breitenseher, Imaging Strategies for the Knee, page 29:
      Chondral and osteochondral fractures involve traumatic damage to the cartilage and the subchondral bone

Derived terms
  • subchondrally
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