Definitions for: Exostosis

[n] a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)

Webster (1913) Definition: Ex`os*to"sis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? out + ? bone:
cf. F ? exostose.]
1. (Med.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an
excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. --Coxe.

2. (Bot.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by
disease.

See Also: growth