Transmission of pathogenic microorganisms or cancerous cells from an original site to one or more sites elsewhere in the body, usually by way of the blood vessels or lymphatics. A secondary cancerous growth formed by transmission of cancerous cells from a primary growth located elsewhere in the body.
Chondroids are firm stones of pus that form here and complicate treatment of infection. In milder cases, guttural pouch infections respond to systemic antibiotics or flushing of the pouch.
Chondrites are stony (non-metallic) meteorites that have not been modified due to melting or differentiation of the parent body.[1][2] They are formed when various types of dust and small grains that were present in the early solar system accreted to form primitive asteroids.