Definition of Ostoses

1. ostosis [n] - See also: ostosis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostoses

ostium venosum cordis
ostler
ostleress
ostleresses
ostleries
ostlers
ostlery
ostmark
ostmarks
ostodolepid
ostodolepids
ostomate
ostomates
ostomies
ostomy
ostoses (current term)
ostosis
ostosises
ostraca
ostracea
ostracean
ostraceans
ostraceous
ostracion
ostraciont
ostracionts
ostracise
ostracised
ostracises
ostracising

Literary usage of Ostoses

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

1. Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1870)
"As age advances, the cement increases in thickness, and gives rise to those bony growths, or ex- ostoses, so common in the teeth of the aged ; the pulp ..."

2. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1908)
"(A) Certain anatomical features give rise to obstruction, as exostoses and hyper- ostoses of the walls of the tubes; there may be a sudden bend in the ..."

3. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1901)
"The nutrition of fibrous tissue and bone throughout the body is defective. Thickenings of bone, such as aural o^ostoses, are, in my experience, ..."

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