osteophyticadj.
/ˌɒstɪəˈfɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑstioʊˈfɪdɪk/ Medicine.
Of or relating to osteophytes; of the nature of an osteophyte.
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osteophytic1875
1875 S. J. A. Salter Dental Pathol. & Surg. 292 Geist assumes that the particular region occupied by the osteophytic incrustation about the lower jaw is the result of gravitation.
1885 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 28 Feb. 434/1 In many cases, osteophytic growth took place from the adjoining posterior margins of the sacrum and lumbar vertebræ.
1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 692 Osteophytic periostitis may lead to the most extraordinary overgrowths of the bone itself.
1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) xviii. 478 There may be considerable osteophytic outgrowth with locking of the vertebrae and limitation of movement in all directions.
1963 Man 63 192/2 The stump displays considerable healing, and is well rounded except for the development of a few osteophytic processes.
2001 Oxoniensia 65 192 Considerable degenerative osteophytic lipping of other vertebral bodies, the hip and elbow joints further indicates a mature or elderly man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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