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A benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)
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exostosis
Word definitions for exostosis in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage) [also: exostoses (pl)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
An exostosis (plural: exostoses ) is the formation of new bone on the surface of a bone. Exostoses can cause chronic pain ranging from mild to debilitatingly severe, depending on the shape, size, and location of the lesion. It is most commonly found in ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exostosis \Ex`os*to"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? out + ? bone: cf. F ? exostose.] (Med.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. --Coxe. (Bot.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
Usage examples of exostosis.
The patient, it appears, had a large exostosis on the body of the pubes which, during parturition, was forced through the walls of the uterus and bladder, resulting in death.
Exostosis of the ear, Exostosis of the sinuses, Pterygium in both eyes-none of that meant shit to Corky, and all of it was better than boredom or heart disease, better than a fat pension check that had to be earned by spending a lifetime in an office.