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Definition: Ectostosis
Ectostosis
\Ec`tos*to"sis\, n. [NL. See
Ect-, and
Ostosis.]
(Physiol.)
A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place
in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually
replaces the cartilage.
[1913 Webster]