exostosis
Definitions
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- noun A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- noun A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.
Examples
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Ringbone is the designation of the exostosis which is found on the coronet and in the digital and phalangeal regions.
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Congenital deformity had given his face a crazed top-heaviness, for while he was so undershot that his upper gum hung in air, his forehead was so distended by exostosis that it all but hid his eyes.
Note
The word 'exostosis' comes from Greek roots meaning 'out of' and 'bone'.
