Home › Words › C › chondropathychondropathychondropathy means disease of the cartilage.EtymologyFrom chondro- + -pathy.noundisease of the cartilageDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chondropathic 82% match — Relating to chondropathy. vs chondropathy →chondrodynia 75% match — pain in cartilage vs chondropathy →chondritis 71% match — inflammation of the cartilage vs chondropathy →chondrodystrophia 69% match — A disorder of cartilage formation vs chondropathy →arthrochondritis 66% match — chondritis of a joint vs chondropathy →chondrolysis 65% match — disintegration of cartilage vs chondropathy →chondronecrosis 65% match — Necrosis of cartilage. vs chondropathy →chondrometaplasia 65% match — The formation of granular tissue vs chondropathy →