osteophyten.
/ˈɒstɪəfʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈɑstioʊˌfaɪt/ Medicine.
An abnormal outgrowth or protrusion from a bone; spec. a cartilage-capped protrusion near an articular surface, seen esp. in osteoarthritis.
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1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 409 In the osteophyte incrustation there were contained: Phosphate of lime, Carbonate of lime [etc.].
1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 140 The osteomata are divisible into two classes, according to their seat—the homologous osteomata or exostoses, and the heterologous osteomata or osteophytes.
1877 C. H. Burnett Ear 95 Osteophytes are regularly found in the tympanum of many of the mammals.
1936 Amer. Antiq. 1 218 A series of osteophytes around the alveolar border of the medial surface of the lower jaw is probably attributable to these pathological conditions.
1977 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 74 3867/2 The degenerative conditions are generally associated with..remodeling of bone..and osteophyte formation.
1996 New Scientist 20 Jan. 8/2 Most of the workers' skeletons have abnormal bony outgrowths known as osteophytes, which are caused by chronic heavy labour.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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