Definition of "ostosis" []

• Variant of osteosis. (noun)

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• "Think of it this way: “cranio” = skull; “syn” = joining; “ostosis” = bone."
• "The bone scan showed that she had some areas of what ` s called hyper-ostosis (ph), which is basically just overgrowth of bone in certain areas of her body."