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hyperostosis
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hy·per·os·to·sis  (hpr--stss)
n. pl. hy·per·os·to·ses (-sz)
Excessive or abnormal thickening or growth of bone tissue.
[hyper- + ost(eo)- + -osis.]
hyper·os·totic (--sttk) adj.
hyperostosis [ˌhaɪpərɒˈstəʊsɪs]
n pl -ses [-siːz] Pathol
1. (Medicine / Pathology) an abnormal enlargement of the outer layer of a bone
2. (Medicine / Pathology) a bony growth arising from the root of a tooth or from the surface of a bone
hyperostotic  [ˌhaɪpərɒˈstɒtɪk] adj


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During the final stage, remodeling, the peripheral hyperostotic bone disappears by resorption.
Infantile cortical hyperostosis of the mandible by Palacios, Enrique / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
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