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A benign, bony growth projecting outward from the surface of a bone. An outgrowth of a bone. Benign outgrowth from a bone, usually covered with cartilage. A growth on the surface of a bone. It typically occurs in the femur (thighbone) or tibia (shin). Usually, exostosis is noncancerous and involves bones that develop from cartilage,…

Due to external source or cause; not developing from within the organism. Developed or originating outside the organism, as exogenous disease. Originating or beginning outside the organism. Contrast with endogenous. Plants with stems composed of bark, wood and pith, i. e., “ outside growing.” Factors originating or produced by the social or physical environments. Developing…

The sloughing of a previously attached matter or tissue from the body. The sloughing of the oldest nonvital epithelial cells from the skin’s outermost surface. In dentistry, the physiological shedding of the primary teeth or the loss of implanted materials. In botany, the falling off of superficial layers of growth or of leaves. Scaling off…

Movement occurring when the mandible and its associated teeth move away from the maximum intercuspation position with the maxillary teeth.  

Constituting a digression; characterized by digression.  

A movement away from and back to the mean position or alignment; also, the distance navigated. In dentistry, the movement transpiring when the mandible moves from the position of maximum intercuspation.  

The specific characteristics that prevent a participant from entering a clinical trial or study group.  

A cutting out; removal; the process of amputating or cutting away any portion of the body. The cutting out of a piece of damaged or defective DNA by enzymes. DNA damage might be constituted by the presence of a thymine dimer which inactivates that part of the DNA. The region of the dimer is cut…