Usually means: Abnormal bone growth on surface.
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  1. ectostosis: Merriam-Webster
  2. ectostosis: Wordnik
  3. ectostosis: Wiktionary
  4. ectostosis: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Ectostosis, ectostosis: Dictionary.com
  6. Ectostosis: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. ectostosis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Ectostosis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. ectostosis: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Ectostosis: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  3. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  4. ectostosis: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (ectostosis)

noun:  (physiology) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

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