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pachyostosis

pachyostosis noun: a thickening of the bones of the ribs and vertebrae.

Noun

pachyostosis (countable and uncountable, plural pachyostoses)

  1. A thickening of the bones of the ribs and vertebrae.

Forms of pachyostosis

pluralpachyostoses

Origin of pachyostosis

From pachy- + ostosis.

Words formed from pachyostosis

Questions about pachyostosis

What does pachyostosis mean?
Pachyostosis means a thickening of the bones of the ribs and vertebrae.
What part of speech is pachyostosis?
Pachyostosis is a noun.
What is the plural of pachyostosis?
The plural of pachyostosis is pachyostoses.

Words near pachyostosis in the dictionary

  1. pachyophiids
  2. pachyosteosclerosis
  3. pachyosteosclerotic
  4. pachyostosed
  5. pachyostoses
  6. pachyostosis
  7. pachyostotic
  8. pachyostotically
  9. pachyphyllous
  10. pachypleurosaur
  11. pachypleurosaurid

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