Category: O
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Osteologist
A specialist in the study of the bones.
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Osteolipochondroma
A cartilaginous tumor containing fatty and bony tissue.
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Osteokinematics
The branch of biomechanics concerned with the description of bone movement when a bone swings through a range of motion around the axis in a joint, such as with flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, or rotation.
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Osteofibroma
A tumor composed of bony and fibrous tissues. A growth consisting of both bone and fibrous tissue.
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Osteoepiphysis
A small piece of bone that is separated in childhood from a larger bone by cartilage; during later growth, the two bones join.
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Osteodiastasis
The separation of two adjacent bones. The disconnection of a bone or two bones.
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Osteodesmosis
The transformation of tendon into bone.
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Osteodentin
Dentin that forms very rapidly or in response to severe trauma so that cells and blood vessels are incorporated, resembling bone.
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Osteodensitometer
A device used for determining the density of bones.
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Osteocope
Extreme pain in the bones, especially in syphilitic bone disease.