Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
parosteosis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.
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- noun biology
ossification which takes place in purelyfibrous tracts ; theformation ofbone outside of theperiosteum
Etymologies
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para- + ostosis
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