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Hyperostosis

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Excessive growth or abnormal thickening of bone tissue. [ ]

Term info

Label

Hyperostosis

Synonyms
  • Bone Hypertrophy
  • Bone overgrowth
database cross reference
layperson term
Bone overgrowth [ ORCID : 0000-0001-5208-3432 ]

comment

Hyperostosis refers to a localized bone overgrowth process (as opposed to sclerosis, which refers to a generalized disturbance with increased bone density).

created by

doelkens

creation date

2011-06-07T05:17:19Z

has obo namespace

human_phenotype

id

HP:0100774

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