hyperostosis
(hī″pĕr-ŏs-tō′sĭs)

[″ + osteon, bone, + osis, condition]
An abnormal growth of osseous tissue.
SYN: SEE: exostosis; SEE: torus
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Hyperostosis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761113/all/hyperostosis.
Hyperostosis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761113/all/hyperostosis. Accessed March 31, 2025.
Hyperostosis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761113/all/hyperostosis
Hyperostosis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2025 March 31]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/761113/all/hyperostosis.
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