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Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.

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  1. n. Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.
  2. n. A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
  3. n. a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)
  4. 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.
  5. Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescenceor morbid enlargement of a bone. Coxe.
  6. n a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)