ectostosis

English

Etymology

From ecto- +‎ ostosis.

Noun

ectostosis (plural ectostoses)

1. (physiology) A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Hypernyms

• ostosis

Coordinate terms

• endostosis

Related terms

• exostosis
• hyperostosis
• osteosis

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ectostosis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)