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noun - a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)
EXOSTOSIS - An exostosis (plural: exostoses) or bone spur, is the formation of new bone on the surface of a bone. Exostoses can cause chronic pain ranging from ...
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A bony growth on the surface of a bone or tooth. |
a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage) |
A benign outgrowth of cartilaginous tissue on a bone. |
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An exostosis (plural: exostoses) or bone spur, is the formation of new bone on the surface of a bone. Exostoses can cause chronic pain ranging from mild to debilitatingly severe, depending on the shape, size, and location of the lesion. It is most commonly found in places like the ribs, where small bone growths form, but sometimes larger growths can grow on places like the ankles, knees, shoulders, elbows and hips. Very rarely are they on the skull. * Exostoses are sometimes shaped like spurs, such as calcaneal spurs. * Osteomyelitis, a bone infection, may leave the adjacent bone with exostosis formation. Charcot foot, the neuropathic breakdown of the feet seen primarily in diabetics, can also leave bone spurs that may then become symptomatic. * They normally form on the bones of joints, and can grow upwards. For example, if an extra bone formed on the ankle, it might grow up to the shin. * When used in the phrases "cartilaginous exostosis" or "osteocartilaginous exostosis", the term is co |