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osthexy|ɒsˈθɛksɪ|
[ad. mod.L. osthexia, f. Gr. ὀστ- from ὀστέον bone + ἕξις habit.]
‘Ossific diathesis, or a disposition to the formation or deposition of bony substance’ (Mayne Expos. Lex.). Hence osˈthectic a., connected with osthexy.
1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) IV. 255 That tendency to the..production of a morbid superabundance of calcareous earth in Osthexia and Lithia. Ibid. 300 In treating of vascular osthexy. Ibid. I. 449 Where the formation of calcarious matter appears to depend upon an osthectic diathesis, or a constitution prone to generate lime. |