Excessive growth or abnormal thickening of bone tissue. [ https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-9199 ]
Synonyms: Bone Hypertrophy Bone overgrowth
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- SNOMEDCT_US:203514008
- UMLS:C0020492
- SNOMEDCT_US:13814009
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Hyperostosis refers to a localized bone overgrowth process (as opposed to sclerosis, which refers to a generalized disturbance with increased bone density).
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Equivalent to:
- has part some (
hypertrophic and
characteristic of part of some bone element and
has modifier some abnormal)