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English → English (gcide) 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]