osteoplastic

[ os-tee-uh-plas-tik ]

adjective
  1. Surgery. pertaining to osteoplasty.

  2. Physiology. pertaining to bone formation.

Origin of osteoplastic

1
First recorded in 1860–65; osteo- + -plastic

Words Nearby osteoplastic

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How to use osteoplastic in a sentence

  • Along its edges large osteophytic outgrowths speak of the effects of an osteoplastic periostitis.

    Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton Reeks

British Dictionary definitions for osteoplastic

osteoplastic

/ (ˌɒstɪəˈplæstɪk) /


adjective
  1. of or relating to osteoplasty

  2. of or relating to the formation of bone

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