| 单词 | bone spur |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbone spur bone spur n. †(a) a spur-shaped process of a bone (obsolete rare); (b) an abnormal outgrowth or excrescence on a bone; esp. an ossified or calcified area of a tendon or ligament found at its point of attachment to a bone. ΚΠ ?1874 J. S. Roberts Afr., & Afr. Trav. & Adventure I. 42 The wings and tail are long, and the former are armed with a bone spur at the shoulder, which is used for stunning its prey. 1927 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 3 312/1 He thinks the calcification developed before the tuberculosis because the bone spurs also showed atrophy due to arthritis. 1991 Quarterly (U.S.) Summer 178 He's had so much trouble with his own back—bone spurs, compression, the tenth thoracic, thinning jelly. 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 30 Sept. a3/1 Eventually, a podiatrist ascertained that she had a bone spur. < as lemmas |
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