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‖ hyperostosis Path. and Physiol.|ˌhaɪpərɒˈstəʊsɪs|
Pl. -oses.
[f. hyper- 5 + Gr. ὀστέον, ὀστο- bone: see -osis.]
An overgrowth or increase of bony tissue; hypertrophy of bone; an outgrowth of bone from a bone; exostosis.
1835–6Todd Cycl. Anat. I. 745/2 Cases of hyperostosis in which there is a uniform deposit of bone. 1878T. Bryant Pract. Surg. I. 395 Hyperostosis of the bony meatus. 1897Allbutt Syst. Med. III. 117 When the hyperostoses are large they remain in a modified form.
Hence hyperostotic |-ˈɒtɪk| a., affected with hyperostosis.
1867J. B. Davis Thes. Craniorum 127 This..skull is heavy and hyperostotic, and connected with this state there is a premature closure of the sutures. |