osteoscleroticadj.
/ˌɒstɪəʊsklᵻˈrɒtɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌɑstioʊskləˈrɑdɪk/ Medicine.
Affected by, associated with, or causing osteosclerosis; of or relating to osteosclerosis.
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1933 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. 185 177 In 75 patients with moderate to advanced silicosis..none showed evidence of an osteosclerotic anemia.
1937 Amer. Jrnl. Dis. Children 54 812 The right humerus appeared somewhat osteosclerotic.
1961 Lancet 7 Oct. 794 It may have been due to a development of an osteosclerotic secondary.
2003 Jrnl. Clin. Neurosci. 10 122 Neither osteolytic nor osteosclerotic changes were seen in the vertebral bodies.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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