Definition of "osteophytic" []

• Pertaining to an osteophyte; of the nature of an osteophyte.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "When the displaced head lies against a bone, the continuous pressure produces a new osseous socket, from the margins of which osteophytic outgrowths may spring, and as the surrounding fibrous tissue becomes condensed and forms a strong capsule, a new joint results."
• "The discs disappear, osteophytic outgrowths develop at the margins of the bodies and in connection with the transverse processes, and bridge across the space between neighbouring vertebræ (Fig. 218)."
• "Along its edges large osteophytic outgrowths speak of the effects of an osteoplastic periostitis.] 1."