Thesaurus: exostosis
Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.
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Definitions
- n. Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.
- n. A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
- n. a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)
- 1. (Med.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe. 2. (Bot.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
- Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescenceor morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe.
- n a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)