osteophyte in English

noun
1
a bony outgrowth associated with the degeneration of cartilage at joints.
Aggressive surgical techniques to remove osteophytes from the joint can produce low recurrence rates.

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1. This section of the vertebral column shows prominent "lipping" of the vertebral bodies from osteophyte formation with degenerative osteoarthritis.

2. Results CT findings of AO joint degeneration included: formation of osteophyte, narrowing of joint space, transverse ligament calcification, and joint vacuum phenomenon.

3. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is an ossifying diathesis leading to bone formation in spinal and extraspinal sites, paravertebral osteophyte formation and ligamentous calcification and ossification.

4. Chondrocyte dedifferentiation and osteoarthritis (OA) Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative joint disease characterized by progressive cartilage degradation but also synovial membrane inflammation, osteophyte formation and subchondral bone sclerosis.