osteophytosisn.
/ˌɒstɪəʊfʌɪˈtəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˈˌɑstioʊˌfaɪˈtoʊsəs/ Medicine.
The formation of osteophytes; a condition characterized by this.
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1949 D. H. Collins Pathol. Articular & Spinal Dis. xvii. 308 ‘Spondylosis deformans’..is an acceptable alternative to the more descriptive term ‘spinal osteophytosis’.
1961 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 91 339 During this process, bony lipping (i.e. osteophytosis) develops at the joint margins.
1996 D. J. Weatherall et al. Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 3) III. xviii. 2979/1 More subchondral sclerosis and osteophytosis (seen in the hypertrophic group) may be associated with a better prognosis.
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