hyperosteoidosis

noun

Excessive formation of osteoid (especially in rickets)

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Meanings

nounhyperosteoidosis (plural hyperosteoidoses)

plural hyperosteoidoses

  1. Excessive formation of osteoid (especially in rickets)

    Conversely, mutation in BMP1 —an enzyme that cleaves C-propeptide off procollagen—also results in a decrease in collagen maturation, hyperosteoidosis and hypermineralization (Hoyer-Kuhn et al., 2013 ).

    2015 August 21, Svetlana V. Komarova et al., “Mathematical model for bone mineralization”, in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, volume 3, →DOI

Origin

From hyper- + osteoidosis.

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