| 释义 |
osteophyte|ˈɒstiːəʊfaɪt|
[f. osteo- + Gr. ϕυτόν a growth.]
An osseous outgrowth, a bony excrescence. Hence osteophytic |-ˈfɪtɪk|, a., of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an osteophyte.
1846G. E. Day tr. Simon's Anim. Chem. II. 409 In the osteophyte incrustation there were contained: Phosphate of lime, Carbonate of lime [etc.]. 1873T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. 140 The osteomata are divisible into two classes, according to their seat—the homologous osteomata or exostoses, and the heterologous osteomata or osteophytes. 1877Burnett Ear 95 Osteophytes are regularly found in the tympanum of many of the mammals. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 692 Osteophytic periostitis may lead to the most extraordinary overgrowths of the bone itself. 1898J. Hutchinson in Arch. Surg. IX. 355 Osteophytic growths on the limbs. |