osteohydatidosis
osteohydatidosis noun: a type of hydatidosis involving bone.
Noun
osteohydatidosis (uncountable)
- A type of hydatidosis involving bone.
- “Hydatid cyst” of the bone is, therefore, a misnomer, not in accord with the facts, and should be replaced by the term osteohydatidosis.[1946, M. Arias Bellini, “Osteohydatidosis: Its Radiological Features”, in Radiology, volume 47, number 6
- In some cases, there is a so-called "ossifluent abscess," considered pathognomonic of vertebral osteohydatidosis, especially when noted with three other radiologic features.1954, The Year Book of Radiology, page 85
Examples of osteohydatidosis in a sentence
- Osteohydatidosis is uncommon and comprises but 1 per cent of all cases.1958 September, Alejandro Chait, “Neurogenic bladder caused by sacral echinococcus cyst”, in The Journal of Urology, volume 80, number 3...
- Invasion of the paravertebral or intraspinal spaces takes place late, that is, in the ossifluent stage of osteohydatidosis.1964, Journal of Neurosurgery, volume 21, page 655:
Origin of osteohydatidosis
From osteo- + hydatidosis.
Questions about osteohydatidosis
- What does osteohydatidosis mean?
- Osteohydatidosis means a type of hydatidosis involving bone.
- How do you use osteohydatidosis in a sentence?
- Osteohydatidosis is uncommon and comprises but 1 per cent of all cases.
- What part of speech is osteohydatidosis?
- Osteohydatidosis is a noun.
Words near osteohydatidosis in the dictionary
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