Definition of "osteoplasty" [os•te•o•plas•ty]

• Surgical repair or alteration of bone. (noun)

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• "It tells me that the prominent bony ridges which just beneath each of your eyes begin and over your ears and into the back of your skull run are not natural, but rather the result of prenatal osteoplasty. ''"
• "He noted that osteoplasty provided effective pain regression for individuals with both painful bone metastases and benign lytic lesions that didn't respond to conventional analgesic treatment."
• "In the study, the average pain intensity score for patients based on the 11-point visual analog scale dropped significantly from 8.8 + / 1.4 to 1.8 + / 2.1 within 24 hours of osteoplasty, said Anselmetti."