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A change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
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eburnation
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WordNet
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n. a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
Wikipedia
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Eburnation describes a degenerative process of bone commonly found in patients with osteoarthritis or non-union of fractures . It is an ivory-like reaction of bone occurring at the site of cartilage erosion. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease of the ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eburnation \E`bur*na"tion\, n. [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. ['e]burnation. See Ivory .] (Med.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ...
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n. Degenerative process of bone occurring at sites of articular cartilage erosion commonly found in patients with osteoarthritis. Sub-chondral bone responds to increased friction by generating reactive, ivory-like, dense bone at the site of erosion.