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Webster 1913 Edition


Exostosis

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Exˊos-to′sis

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] out + [GREEK] bone: cf. F [GREEK]
exostose
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1.
(Med.)
Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone.
Coxe.