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.
1 Chondrites - (kon-drites) meteorites which contain chondrules. Chondrules are minerals which formed small spheres while floating around in space. 2  Achondrites - (a-kon-drites) meteorites which do not contain chondrules. Many of these specimens originate from larger 'parent bodies' such as the Moon, Mars or an asteroid.