Etymology

endostosis

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Today it means: A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place within the substance of the cartilage. Full definition →

New Latin endostosis
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  1. New Latin · borrowed fromendostosis
  2. English todayendostosis

From New Latin endostosis. By surface analysis, endo- + ostosis.

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