dictionary help| flowing hyperostosis --> rheostosis | medical dictionary |
A hypertrophying and condensing osteitis which tends to run in longitudinal streaks or columns, like wax drippings on a candle, and which involves a number of the long bones.
Synonyms: flowing hyperostosis, streak hyperostosis.
Origin: rheo-+ G. Osteon, bone, + -osis, condition
(05 Mar 2000)
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