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Definition: ECTOSTOSIS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ectostosis" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ectostosis \Ec`tos*to"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Ect-, and Ostosis.]. (references)

Definition: ECTOSTOSIS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "ECTOSTOSIS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Ectostosis \Ec`tos*to"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Ect-, and Ostosis.]. (references)