osteophyte

English

Etymology

From French ostéophyte. Surface reading of osteo- (“bone”) +‎ -phyte (“growth”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒstɪəfʌɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑstioʊˌfaɪt/

Noun

osteophyte (plural osteophytes)

1. A small, abnormal growth of bone (exostosis, bone spur) that forms along joint margins.

Hypernyms

• bone spur, exostosis

Related terms

• osteophytic
• osteophytosis

Translations

abnormal growth of bone

• Finnish: osteofyytti, luupiikki (fi)
• Greek: οστεόφυτο (el) n (osteófyto)
• Italian: osteofita f
• Norwegian: osteofytt m, beinspore m

  Bokmål: benspore m

• Russian: остеофи́т (ru) m (osteofít)
• Spanish: osteofito (es) m

See also

• osteophyte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia