Found 2 items, similar to Exostosis.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: exostosis
exostosis
n : a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with
cartilage)
[also:
exostoses (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Exostosis
Exostosis
\Ex`os*to"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? out + ? bone:
cf. F ? exostose.]
1. (Med.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an
excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. --Coxe.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by
disease.