Crossword clues for osteodystrophy
Wiktionary
osteodystrophy
n. (context medicine English) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone
WordNet
osteodystrophy
n. defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism
Wikipedia
Osteodystrophy
Osteodystrophy is a general term for a dystrophic growth of the bone. It is defective bone development that is usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism.
One form is renal osteodystrophy.
Usage examples of "osteodystrophy".
They were all suffering from something called hypertrophic pulmonary osteodystrophy, which is what you would get if you were breathing a lot of abrasive ash—and they must have been breathing a lot of it because the ash was feet thick for hundreds of miles.