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Definition of Exostosis
1. Noun. A benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage).
Definition of Exostosis
1. n. Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.
Definition of Exostosis
1. Noun. A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exostosis
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Medical Definition of Exostosis
1. A non cancerous growth on the surface of a bone, usually with a cartilage cap, that is due to long-term irritation as a result of osteoarthritis, infections, or trauma. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exostosis
Literary usage of Exostosis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"Orbital exostosis is a condition so rare, and yet so important, that it is worth
... Using the supra-orbital ridge as a fulcrum, the exostosis was readily, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1890)
"exostosis IN THE EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL. DR. ROBERT BARCLAY, of St. Louis, has
given an account of an exostosis in the left auditory canal of a man, ..."
3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"Clinically, the bone changes occurring in multiple exostosis stand in sharp ...
In leprosy bone salts are lost from the body; in multiple exostosis bone ..."
4. The Principles and practice of dental surgery by Chapin Aaron Harris (1863)
"exostosis OF THE OSSEOUS PARIETES OF THE MAXILLARY SINUS. THE osseous walls of
the maxillary sinus sometimes become the seat of bony tumors—exostoses. ..."
5. The Pathology and treatment of venereal diseases: Including the Results of by Freeman Josiah Bumstead (1870)
"exostosis.—In other cases still, the effusion is more plastic and organizable,
and is capable of being transformed into bony tissue, constituting an ..."
6. The Science and Art of Surgery: A Treatise on Surgical Injuries, Diseases by John Eric Erichsen, Marcus Beck (1885)
"exostosis.—By exostosis is meant the growth of a bony tumor from some of the osseous
... exostosis appears to originate in two ways ; being either primarily ..."
7. The Horse, in the Stable and the Field: His Varieties, Management in Health by John Henry Walsh, James Irvine Lupton (1861)
"exostosis, or increased growth of bone. 2d. Caries, or ulcération. 3d. ...
Heavy horses are more prone to exostosis than light ones, partly from the weight ..."
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