ectostosis
nounEtymology From ecto- + ostosis.
1
Medicine, Physiology, Sciences A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.
- Related terms
- ectosteal, exostosis, hyperostosis, osteosis
- Hypernyms
- ostosis
- Coordinate terms
- endostosis