Usually means: Spinal ligaments harden into bone.
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  1. diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Wiktionary
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  3. Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis, Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  4. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Drug Medical Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis)

noun:  (medicine) calcification of ligaments near their attachment points to the spine

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