Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Resembling bone.
- noun The bone matrix, especially before calcification.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Resembling bone; bony; osseous.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Resembling bone; bonelike.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of
bone ;bonelike - noun An organic
matrix ofprotein andpolysaccharides , secreted byosteoblasts , that becomes bone aftermineralization
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Examples
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We use RFA most commonly for benign bone growths such as an osteoid osteoma.
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Enchondroma may be composed of osteoid tissue, such as is found in the ossifying callous between the bone and the periosteum, and, according to Virchow, then takes the name of osteochondroma.
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Enchondroma may be composed of osteoid tissue, such as is found in the ossifying callous between the bone and the periosteum, and, according to Virchow, then takes the name of osteochondroma.
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In addition to the causes enumerated, inflammation of osseous tissue, or osteoid carcinoma, has been found at the seat of a spontaneous fracture.
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In addition to the causes enumerated, inflammation of osseous tissue, or osteoid carcinoma, has been found at the seat of a spontaneous fracture.
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However, since we only observed a moderate increase in the volume of non-mineralized osteoid in
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010
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Col1a1-Krm2 mice is associated with an accumulation of non-mineralized osteoid (stained in red, scale bars, 100 µm). doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0010309.g008
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010
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Pathology the abundant laying down of osteoid tissue epiphyseal cartilage cells grow very rapidly widening of the epiphysis line Long bone Rachitic rosary Bracelets of wrist and ankle flat bone Craniotabes Square head disorder of new bone formation the bones are soft Bowlegs and knock-knees Pigeon breast Mosby items and derived items © 2005, 2001 by Mosby, Inc.
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Definition Rickets of vitamin D deficiency is a common nutritional disorder under 3 yrs of age, is the term signifying a failure in mineralization of growing bone or osteoid tissue.
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Bone volume measurements quantify the volume of mineralized and non-mineralized portions (osteoid) of the tissue.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles John H. Ludes-Meyers et al. 2009
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