Bone metastasis may be the first sign that you have cancer, or bone metastasis may occur years after cancer treatment. Bone metastasis can cause pain and broken bones. With rare exceptions, cancer that has spread to the bones can't be cured. Treatments can help reduce pain and other symptoms of bone metastases.
Medical Definition of Chondrichthyes. : a class comprising cartilaginous fishes with well-developed jaws and including the sharks, skates, rays, chimeras, and extinct related formsâcompare cyclostomata.
Chondrichthyes; class Chondrichthyes. Hypernyms (Chondrichthyes is a kind of...): class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders) Meronyms (members of Chondrichthyes): cartilaginous fish; chondrichthian (fishes in which the skeleton may be calcified but not ossified) Holocephali; subclass Holocephali (chimaeras and extinct forms) Elasmobranchii; Selachii; subclass Elasmobranchii; subclass Selachii (sharks; rays; dogfishes; skates) Holonyms (Chondrichthyes is a member of...):