Definitions
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- adjective anatomy Located in soft
tissue rather than in thebones
Etymologies
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extra- + skeletal
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Examples
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As their studies showed, a neuropeptide in the brain known as Substance P appears to trigger the formation of the extraskeletal bone, but through its elimination, this abnormal growth, also known as heterotopic ossification, can be prevented.
FOXNews.com 2011
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When someone with FOP is born, we don't have any evidence that there is any of the extraskeletal bone that has started.
Scientific American 2009
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