a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage)
a benign bone growth that is abnormal or different than the underlying architecture of the bone
a benign bone tumor sometimes called diaphyseal aclasia
a bone growth that is abnormal, growing differently from the appropriate underlying architecture of the bone
a lump on a bone resulting from a disorder of the growth plate, where bone growth occurs sideways instead of along the length of the bone
A cartilage-capped bony projection arising from any bone that develops from cartilage.
Overgrowth of bone. See torus.
Pertaining to a bony growth or projection on the surface of a bone in the oral cavity.
The overgrowth of normal bone.
A piling up of bone at the site of a new or repeat injury, usually caused by direct trauma.
pl. exostoses A bony outgrowth from the surface of a bone, usually at the junction of the extremity with the shaft. Occasionally inherited.
a bony growth that arises from the surface of a bone
A bony growth in the ear canal.
An exophytic nodular growth of dense cortical bone commonly located on maxillary or mandibular buccal alveolar bone, usually in the bicuspid / molar area.
A bony growth that grows on a bone.
An exostosis (plural: exostoses) is the formation of new bone on the surface of a bone. Exostosis can cause chronic pain ranging from mild to debilitatingly severe, depending on where they are located and what shape they are.
