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(pathology) The formation of fibrous tissue within a joint
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(pathology) incomplete osteogenesis; any pathological condition caused by this
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(pathology) A side-effect and disease caused by the consumption of bisphosphonate-based medications, resulting in the death of the jawbone, and other rapidly regenerating bone tissues.
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(pathology) Synonym of osteogenesis imperfecta
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(pathology) pain in cartilage
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(pathology) A genetic disorder characterized by short-limbed dwarfism
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(pathology) A disorder of cartilage formation
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Of certain breeds of dog: genetically predisposed to chondrodystrophy.
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(medicine, osteology) A skeletal disorder caused by various genetic mutations, affecting the development of cartilage.
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disease of the cartilage
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Exhibiting or relating to dyschondroplasia.
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(pathology) An autosomal recessive form of osteosclerosis
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A degenerative process of bone, occurring at sites of articular cartilage erosion and commonly found in patients with osteoarthritis. Subchondral bone responds to increased friction by generating reactive, ivory-like dense bone at the site of erosion.
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(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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Alternative form of encephalitogenicity [The condition of being encephalitogenic]
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(informal) Fibromyalgia.
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(medicine) A very rare disease of the connective tissue in which fibrous tissue (including muscle, tendon, and ligament) becomes ossified when damaged.
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Abbreviation of Forestier's disease. [calcification of ligaments from the attachments to the spine]
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calcification of ligaments from the attachments to the spine
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(pathology, uncountable) Acronym of giant axonal neuropathy.
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(pathology) A benign cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule.
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(colloquial) Synonym of osteogenesis imperfecta
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(anatomy, radiology) A line of increased bone density that represents the position of the growth plate at the time of insult to the organism and formed on long bones due to growth arrest.
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(medicine) A medical condition of clubbing and periostitis of smaller joints in the hand.
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(pathology) A paraneoplastic condition characterised by clubbing and periostitis of the long bones of the arms and legs
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(pathology) An extreme form of chondrodysplasia.
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A form of achondrogenesis
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(medicine) A mild form of achondroplasia.
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(pathology) Morbid softness of the bones; osteomalacia.
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A developmental disorder and mesenchymal dysplasia in which the bony cortex widens and becomes hyperdense in a sclerotomal distribution.
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(medicine) Generated in the meninges.
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(pathology) A skeletal disorder characterised by multiple enchondromas and osteochondromas
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(medicine, archaic) osteomalacia
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(medicine) Initialism of osteogenesis imperfecta. [(pathology) A hereditary disease characterized by brittle bones that easily fracture.]
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A rare disorder in which intraosseous benign cartilaginous tumors (enchondroma) develop close to growth plate cartilage.
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(pathology) A skeletal dysplasia involving delayed bone maturation
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Osgood-Schlatter disease
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(pathology, obsolete) Paget's disease
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Alternative spelling of osteomalacia [(medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets]
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(pathology) A disease associated with osteoblasts
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(medicine) Medication-induced osteonecrosis, typically affecting the jaw.
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(medicine) A disorder of the joints in which cracks form in the articular cartilage and the underlying subchondral bone.
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(pathology) Any disorder that affects the development of bone and cartilage.
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(pathology) Any disease of bone and cartilage
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(pathology) A family of orthopedic diseases of the joint that occur in children and in rapidly growing animals, characterized by interruption of the blood supply of a bone, necrosis, and regrowth.
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Alternative form of osteodystrophy [(medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone]
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(medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone
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(pathology) A hereditary disease characterized by brittle bones that easily fracture.
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(pathology) Characterised by hollow regions in bones
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(pathology) Any osteoid condition or disease
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A mass of bone tissue (in an inappropriate place)
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(medicine) A softening of adult bones due to inadequate mineralization; the adult equivalent of rickets
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(pathology) avascular necrosis.
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Relating to or exhibiting osteopenia.
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(pathology) A rare hereditary disorder characterized by hard, dense bones.
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A small, abnormal growth of bone (exostosis, bone spur) that forms along joint margins.
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(medicine) The presence of osteophytes
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A benign sclerosing dysplasia of bone characterized by the presence of numerous enostoses in the skeleton.
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(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
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Fragility of the bones, or fragilitas ossium; a condition of softening of the bones, frequently accompanied by spontaneous fractures.
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A possible complication following radiotherapy, where an area of bone does not heal from irradiation.
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Alternative form of osteosarcopenia [(pathology) gradual age-related loss of bone tissue and associated muscle]
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(pathology) gradual age-related loss of bone tissue and associated muscle
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(medicine) An increase in bone density
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pachyostosis combined with thickening of the trabecular bone
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A bone disease in dogs, characterized by sudden lameness and an increase in activity of osteoblasts and fibroblasts in the periosteum, endosteum and bone marrow, resulting in fibrosis.
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(biology) ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum
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A form of poikiloderma sometimes associated with osteosarcoma.
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Relating to spondylitis.
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(veterinary medicine) A bone disease of this region.
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fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
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A blastoma containing benign neoplasms of follicular cells
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