Usually means: Bone spur from joint degeneration.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteophyte: Merriam-Webster
  2. osteophyte: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. osteophyte: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. osteophyte: Collins English Dictionary
  5. osteophyte: Vocabulary.com
  6. osteophyte: Wordnik
  7. osteophyte: Wiktionary
  8. osteophyte: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. osteophyte: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. osteophyte: Dictionary.com
  11. Osteophyte: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. osteophyte: Rhymezone
  13. osteophyte: FreeDictionary.org
  14. osteophyte: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  15. osteophyte: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. osteophyte: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. osteophyte: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Osteophyte: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. osteophyte: Medical dictionary
  6. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (osteophyte)

▸ noun:  A small, abnormal growth of bone (exostosis, bone spur) that forms along joint margins.

Similar:
exostosis, bone spur, osteochondroma, ecchondrosis, postexapophysis, enostosis, ectostosis, osteoma, osteoformation, metosteon, more...

Adjectives:
large, anterior, marginal, posterior, small, medial, inferior, cervical, lateral, prominent, bony

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Similar:
exostosis, bone spur, osteochondroma, ecchondrosis, postexapophysis, enostosis, ectostosis, osteoma, osteoformation, metosteon, more...

Adjectives:
large, anterior, marginal, posterior, small, medial, inferior, cervical, lateral, prominent, bony



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