Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z osteocartilage An intimate mixture of bone and cartilage osteocartilaginous Relating to or composed of bone and cartilage, or of osteocartilage. osteocatabolic Relating to osteocatabolism osteocatabolism The catabolism of bone tissue osteochemonecrosis Medication-induced osteonecrosis, typically affecting the jaw. osteochondral Pertaining to bone and cartilage. osteochondritic Relating to osteochondritis osteochondritis inflammation of a bone and its cartilage osteochondroblast A chondroblast found in bone tissue osteochondroblastic Relating to osteochondroblasts. osteochondrocytic Relating to or composed of osteocytes and chondrocytes. osteochondrodysplasia A group of genetic disorders affecting the development and growth of bone and cartilage, leading to abnormal skeletal formation and growth abnormalities. osteochondrodysplasic Relating to osteochondrodysplasia. osteochondrogenesis The genesis of osteochondrosis osteochondrogenic Causing or relating to osteochrondrogenesis. osteochondroma A benign tumor consisting of bone or cartilage osteochondromal Relating to osteochondroma. osteochondromatosis Proliferation of osteochondromata, benign tumours containing both bone and cartilage and affecting mostly the extremities of the long bones osteochondromatous Relating to osteochondromata osteochondropathy Any disease of bone and cartilage osteochondrophyte a tumor composed of bone and cartilage osteochondroplastic Relating to osteochondroplasty osteochondroplasty Surgery to reshape bone and cartilage. osteochondroprecursor An osteochondral precursor osteochondroprogenitor A progenitor cell that arises from mesenchymal stem cells in the bone marrow and has the ability to differentiate into an osteoblast or a chondrocyte. osteochondrosarcoma A chondrosarcoma of bone tissue osteochondrosis A family of orthopedic diseases of the joint that occur in children and in rapidly growing animals, characterized by interruption of the blood supply of a bone, necrosis, and regrowth. osteochondrotic Of or pertaining to osteochondrosis. osteochondrous Synonym of osteocartilaginous. osteochrome Any substance that stains bone tissue osteoclasia osteoclasis osteoclasis The surgical fracture of a bone in order to correct a deformity osteoclast A large multinuclear cell associated with the resorption of bone. osteoclastic Of or pertaining to an osteoclast osteoclastogenesis The development of osteoclasts osteoclastogenetic Relating to osteoclastogenesis. osteoclastogenic Relating to osteoclastogenesis osteoclastogenicity The condition of being osteoclastogenic osteoclastoma A tumor of bone characterized by the presence of giant, multinucleated cells osteoclasty Synonym of osteoclasis. osteoclasy The surgical fracture and resetting of a bone. osteocolla A kind of glue obtained from bones. osteocompatibility The condition of being osteocompatible osteocompatible compatible with bone tissue osteocompetent Able to develop into bone tissue osteoconductance osteoconductivity osteoconduction Physical, three-dimensional scaffold or matrix to facilitate bone repair. osteoconductive Relating to osteoconduction. osteoconductivity Property of a biomaterial that encourages osteoconduction. osteoconductor An osteoconductive bone or scaffold osteocope pain in the bones osteocopic Designating pain that is felt in the bones, typically of syphilitic origin osteocranial Relating to the osteocranium osteocranium The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium. osteocrin A peptide that contributes to osteogenesis and chondrogenesis in some fish osteocutaneous Relating to or composed of bone and skin. osteocyte A mature bone cell involved with the maintenance of bone. osteocytic Relating to or containing osteocytes osteocytogenesis The creation and development of osteocytes osteocytogenic Relating to osteocytogenesis osteodegeneration The degeneration of bone tissue osteodegenerative Relating to osteodegeneration osteodensitometry The measurement of bone mineral density (as a diagnostic for osteoporosis) osteodentine A hard bony substance that is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth of certain animals. osteodeposition The deposition of bone tissue (in an inappropriate place) osteoderm A bony deposit in the dermal layers of the skin osteodermal Relating to osteoderms osteodermia ossification occurring in portions of the skin osteodifferentiated differentiated to become bone cells or tissue osteodifferentiation The differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells into bone tissue osteodistraction The surgical correction of skeletal deformities by the lengthening of bones osteodontic Relating to osteodontics osteodontics A combination of osteopathy and dentistry osteodontokeratic Relating to any culture in which tools were made from bone, tooth and horn osteodynia Synonym of ostealgia. osteodysplasia Any abnormal development of bone osteodysplastic Relating to osteodysplasia osteodysplasty Synonym of osteodysplasia. osteodystrophic Relating to osteodystrophy. osteodystrophy Any abnormal or defective development of a bone osteofascial Relating to bone and fascia. osteofibroma Any tissue mass comprising bony and fibrous tissues, not necessarily specific to just a single disease entity in modern histopathology classifications but correlated especially with osteofibrous dysplasia. osteofibromatosis Any syndrome of multiple osteofibromas, not specific to just a single disease entity in modern histopathology classifications. osteofibrosis fibrotic osteodystrophy osteofibrotic Relating to osteofibrosis. osteofibrous Of combined osseous and fibrous type (within bone or within a tumor elsewhere). osteofixation The fixation of broken bones by means of metal plates and screws osteofluorochrome A form of fluorochrome used to stain bone tissue osteoformation The process of bone formation. osteogen osteoid. osteogenesis The formation and development of bone. osteogenetic Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone. osteogenic Of, or relating to, osteogenesis. osteogenically By osteogenesis. osteogenicity The condition of being osteogenic osteogenin A bone morphogenic protein that inhibits proliferation and stimulates differentiation of osteoprogenitors in human bone marrow osteogeny osteogenesis osteoglophonic Characterised by hollowed out regions in bones. osteoglossid Any fish in the family Osteoglossidae, the arowanas. osteoglossiform Any fish of the order Osteoglossiformes osteoglossin Any fish of the genus Osteoglossum. osteoglossoid Any fish of the suborder Osteoglossoidei osteoglossomorph Any fish of the superorder Osteoglossomorpha. osteoglycin A proteoglycan that has osteoinductive activity osteographer One who studies osteography. osteography The scientific description of bones; osteology. osteohistogenesis The histogenesis of bone tissue osteohistogenetic Relating to osteohistogenesis osteohistological of or relating to osteohistology osteohistologically Concerning only the osteohistological aspects. osteohistology The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of bone osteohydatidosis A type of hydatidosis involving bone. osteoid Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bone; bonelike osteoidosis Any osteoid condition or disease osteoimmune Relating to the skeletal and the immune systems osteoimmunological Relating to osteoimmunology. osteoimmunology The study of the relationships between the skeletal and the immune systems osteoimmunopathology Any immunopathology of bone tissue osteoimplant An implant in a bone osteoinduced Formed via osteoinduction osteoinducing That induces the formation of bone tissue osteoinduction A biologic response in which chemical signals induce osteogenesis osteoinductive Relating to osteoinduction. osteoinductivity The condition of being osteoinductive. osteoinductor Any material that causes osteoinduction osteoinhibition The inhibition of bone tumours osteoinhibitory Relating to osteoinhibition osteokine A form of cytokine produced in bone cells. osteokinematic Relating to osteokinematics osteokinematics The relative movement of two bones that articulate at a common joint osteolaemine A crocodile of the subfamily Osteolaeminae. osteolathyrism A collagen cross-linking deficiency brought on by dietary overreliance on the seeds of plants of the genus Lathyrus, especially Lathyrus sativus, the grass pea. osteolathyrogenic Causing osteolathyrism. osteolepid Any osteolepidid fish in the family Osteolepidae osteolepidid Any extinct sarcopterygian in the superorder Osteolepidida osteolepiform Any extinct fish of the order Osteolepiformes osteoligamentous Relating to bone and ligament osteolineage A lineage of bone cells osteolite A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate. osteolith A mass of bone tissue (in an inappropriate place) osteolithic Relating to or composed of osteoliths. osteologer an osteologist. osteologic Of or relating to osteology. osteological Of or relating to osteology. osteologically Concerning only the osteological aspects. osteologist A scientist or physician whose speciality is osteology. osteology The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones. osteolysis The resorption or dissolution of bone tissue. osteolytic Of, pertaining to, or causing osteolysis. osteoma A benign bony tumour that typically grows on the skull.