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OSTEOPHYTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does osteophyte mean?
• OSTEOPHYTE (noun)
The noun OSTEOPHYTE has 1 sense:
1. small abnormal bony outgrowth
Familiarity information: OSTEOPHYTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small abnormal bony outgrowth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("osteophyte" is a kind of...):
appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)
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