osteodystrophy

English

Etymology

From osteo- +‎ dystrophy.

Noun

osteodystrophy (countable and uncountable, plural osteodystrophies)

1. (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone

Hyponyms

• osteofibrosis

Coordinate terms

• osteochondrodysplasia

Derived terms

• Albright's hereditary osteodystrophy
• chondro-osteodystrophy

Translations

abnormal or defective development of a bone

Catalan: osteodistròfia f French: ostéodystrophie (fr) f Italian: osteodistrofia f Spanish: osteodistrofia f