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hyperostoses

hyperostoses is the plural of hyperostosis.

Meaning of hyperostosis

Noun

hyperostosis (plural hyperostoses)

  1. An excessive growth or thickening of bone.
    • In the bibliometric survey, the overwhelming majority of stress indicator studies focused on one or more of the following: porotic hyperostosis (PH, usually in the orbital roofs but sometimes also in the cranial vault), […]2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 29

Questions about hyperostoses

What is hyperostoses the plural of?
Hyperostoses is the plural of hyperostosis.

Words near hyperostoses in the dictionary

  1. hyperossified
  2. hyperosteoclastogenesis
  3. hyperosteogeny
  4. hyperosteoidosis
  5. hyperosteosis
  6. hyperostoses
  7. hyperostosis
  8. hyperostotic
  9. hyperoval
  10. hyperovals
  11. hyperovulation

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