Definition of Osteogenesis

1. n. The formation or growth of bone.

Definition of Osteogenesis

1. Noun. (physiology) The formation and development of bone ¹

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Definition of Osteogenesis

1. [n -GENESES]

Medical Definition of Osteogenesis

1. Production of bone. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osteogenesis

osteodiastasis
osteodifferentiation
osteodynia
osteodysplasty
osteodystrophia
osteodystrophies
osteodystrophy
osteoectasia
osteoectomy
osteoepiphysis
osteofibroma
osteofibrosis
osteoformation
osteogen
osteogeneses
osteogenesis (current term)
osteogenesis imperfecta
osteogenetic
osteogenetic fibres
osteogenetic layer
osteogenic
osteogenic cell
osteogenic sarcoma
osteogenic tissue
osteogenin
osteogenous
osteogens
osteogeny
osteographer
osteographies

Literary usage of Osteogenesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Bones and Joints: Clinical Studies by Joel Ernest Goldthwait (1909)
"This statement however does not seem to be true of the disease called by Vrolik " osteogenesis Imperfecta," especially in light of the very careful work on ..."

2. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"There may be osteophytic growths from the outer or inner tables, which in the latter situation may give the symptoms of tumor. IV. osteogenesis IMPERFECTA ..."

3. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1900)
"On osteogenesis Imperfecta. — Hildebrand (Muenchener Medicinische ... The few cases of osteogenesis imperfecta (most of the children affected by it died ..."

4. The Diseases of infancy and childhood by Henry Koplik (1918)
"A differential diagnosis must be made from rachitis, cretinism, infantilism, and osteogenesis imperfects. A careful study of the symptomatology will show ..."

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