osteoplastic

[os-tee-uh-plas-tik]

adjective

1. Surgery.,  pertaining to osteoplasty.

2. Physiology.,  pertaining to bone formation.

osteoplastic

/ ˌɒstɪəˈplæstɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to osteoplasty

2. of or relating to the formation of bone

Word History and Origins

Origin of osteoplastic¹

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

Example Sentences

I shall expose the third left frontal convolution of the brain through the fronto-parietal bone, and, in making the osteoplastic flap, I intend to leave a wide working margin above the size of the opening which may actually be necessary in order to reach the growth.

From Project Gutenberg

It is in the later stages of the disease—that is, when the pus has been evacuated and reparative changes commenced—that this osteoplastic periostitis is most marked, and it plays a large part in bringing about the condition of anchylosis, which we shall afterwards describe.

From Project Gutenberg

In other cases, however, the changes in the interior of the bone are accompanied by well-marked lesions on its gliding or postero-inferior surface, and by evidences of an osteoplastic periostitis along its edges.

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The osteoplastic or condensing process that appears to exist simultaneously with it explains, no doubt, how it is that bones so affected do not more commonly fracture.

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

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