chronic disease characterized by inflammation and destruction of the cartilage of various tissues of the body. The cause of polychondritis is ...
A widespread disease of cartilage. ... Origin: poly-+ G. Chondros, cartilage, + -itis, inflammation ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(pol″e-kon-dri´tis) inflammation of many cartilages of the body. chronic atrophic polychondritis , polychondritis chronica atrophicans , relapsing polychondritis an acquired disease of unknown origin, chiefly involving various cartilages and showing...
Type: Term Pronunciation: pol′ē-kon-drī′tis Definitions: 1. Inflammation of cartilage.
polychondritis Inflammation involving many cartilages of the body.