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ECTOSTOSIS

Definition: ECTOSTOSIS

ECTOSTOSIS

Noun

1. A process of bone formation in which ossification takes place in the perichondrium and either surrounds or gradually replaces the cartilage.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Ectostosis \Ec`tos*to"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression. See Ect-, and Ostosis.]. (Websters 1913)

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Crosswords: ECTOSTOSIS

English words defined with "ECTOSTOSIS": EctostealOstosis. (references)

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Modern Translations: ECTOSTOSIS

Language Translations for "ectostosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Pig Latin

  

ectostosisay.(various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "ECTOSTOSIS"

Words rhyming with "ECTOSTOSIS" (pronounced 'Ec`tos*to"sis'): Absis, Actinomycosis, Adenosclerosis, AEsthesis, Agennesis, Albuminosis, Amanuensis, Amaurosis, Amitosis, Ampelopsis, Amphiarthrosis, Anacoenosis, Anacrusis, Anadiplosis, Anaesthesis, Anamnesis, Anastomosis, Anemosis, Angioneurosis, Antanaclasis, Anthesis, Anthracosis, Antiptosis, Antipyresis, Antisepsis, Aponeurosis, Aposiopesis, apsis, Archebiosis, Arsis, Arteriosclerosis, Arthrosis, Asepsis, Athetosis, Autokinesis, Auxesis, Basis, Biognosis, Calliopsis, Cardiosclerosis, Cariopsis, Caryopsis, Catachresis, Chemosis, Chlorosis, Chromidrosis, Cillosis, Cirrhosis, Classis, Coenesthesis, Coreopsis, Crasis, Crisis, Cyanosis, Cyclosis, Deesis, Dermostosis, Diagnosis, Diapedesis, Diaphoresis, Diarthrosis, Diegesis, Dipsosis, Diuresis, Ecchymosis, Ecphonesis, Ecthlipsis, Ellipsis, Emphyteusis, Empyesis, Empyrosis, Enantiosis, Enarthrosis, Endostosis, Enuresis, Epanadiplosis, Epanalepsis, Epanorthosis, Epexegesis, Eremacausis, Erotesis, Exanthesis, Exegesis, Exosmosis, Exostosis, Geognosis, Glaucosis, Gnosis, Gomphosis, haematosis, Haemocytotrypsis, Heterauxesis, Heterosis, hidrosis, hydrarthrosis, hydronephrosis, Hyperinosis, Hyperkinesis, Hypinosis, Hypotyposis, hysteresis, ichthyosis, Idiocrasis, ISIS, Karyostenosis, kinaesthesis, Limosis, lordosis, lysis, Marmorosis, Mathesis, meiosis, melanosis, Metachrosis, metalepsis, metempsychosis, Metemptosis, Metensomatosis, mimesis, missis, Morosis, Morphosis, Myopsis, Myosis, Mysis, Narcosis, Necrobiosis, Necrosis, Neurosis, Ochlesis, Osmidrosis, osmosis, osteoclasis, Osteoporosis, Osteosclerosis, Ostosis, Paracentesis, Paraphimosis, paremptosis, Parostosis, Pedesis, Peristalsis, Persis, Pertussis, Pharmacognosis, Phasis, Phimosis, Phlogosis, Phthisis, Phyllomorphosis, Polymorphosis, Proemptosis, Prognosis, Prolepsis, Pseudoblepsis, Psychosis, Pterylosis, Ptilosis, Ptosis, Pyrosis, Reversis, Sarcosis, Scepsis, Schesis, Schindylesis, sclerosis, scoliosis, sepsis, siderosis, Sphrigosis, stasis, Stegnosis, stenosis, Sycosis, syllepsis, symbiosis, Synanthesis, Synartesis, Synarthrosis, Synchondrosis, Synchoresis, Syndesmosis, Synecphonesis, synizesis, Synneorosis, synopsis, Synosteosis, Synostosis, Synteresis, Syssarcosis, Thanatopsis, Thermoneurosis, thesis, Thlipsis, Thoracentesis, thrombosis, Tmesis, trichinosis, Tripsis, tuberculosis, Tussis, Tylosis, Xanthosis, Zygosis, Zymosis. (additional references)

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Anagrams: ECTOSTOSIS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-i-o-o-s-s-s-t-t"

-2 letters: osteosis, scotties, sootiest, tootsies.

-3 letters: cooties, cosiest, cossets, ostoses, ostosis, scottie, tootses, tootsie.

-4 letters: cestoi, cestos, cootie, cosets, cosies, cosset, escots, octets, otiose, scoots, stoics, testis, tosses.

-5 letters: cesti, cists, cites, coots, coses, coset, cosie, costs, cotes, escot, octet, ottos, scoot, scots, sects, setts, sices, sises, sites, soots, stets, sties, stoic, stoss, tests, toits, toots, totes.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-i-o-o-s-s-s-t-t"
 

+4 letters: cosmetologists, spectroscopist, tachistoscopes.

 

+5 letters: contentiousness, spectroscopists.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: ECTOSTOSIS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 43 54 4F 53 54 4F 53 49 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01000011 01010100 01001111 01010011 01010100 01001111 01010011 01001001 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#67 &#84 &#79 &#83 &#84 &#79 &#83 &#73 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0043 0054 004F 0053 0054 004F 0053 0049 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39375449535449534353

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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