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Webster 1913 Edition


Parostosis


Parˊos-to′sis

,
Noun.
[NL. See
Para-
, and
Ostosis
.]
(Physiol.)
Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.

Definition 2024


parostosis

parostosis

English

Noun

parostosis (plural parostoses)

  1. (biology) ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum