Medical Definition of Osteolathyrism

1. An experimental disease in rats, swine, turkeys, and other animals fed the seeds of certain species of Lathyrus (e.g., L. Odouratus, sweet pea), or such nitriles as aminoacetonitrile or beta-aminopropionitrile; the chief pathologic changes occur in connective tissue structures, as follows: 1) fibroblastic, chondroblastic, and osteoblastic proliferative changes in the periosteum; 2) degeneration, necrosis, and atypical proliferation of epiphysial cartilages; 3) an increase in adipose tissue of the bone marrow; 4) sometimes proliferation of synovial membranes; 5) relatively large foci of extensive destruction of elastic fibres in the aorta, especially in the thoracic aorta. Origin: osteo-+ lathyrism (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osteolathyrism

osteogenic sarcoma
osteogenic tissue
osteogenin
osteogenous
osteogens
osteogeny
osteographer
osteography
osteohalisteresis
osteohypertrophy
osteoid
osteoid
osteoids
osteoid osteoma
osteoid tissue
osteolathyrism (current term)
osteolipochondroma
osteolite
osteologer
osteologia
osteologic
osteological
osteological
osteologies
osteologist
osteologist
osteologists
osteology
osteology
osteolysis

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