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Definition: Exostosis |
ExostosisNoun1. A benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Exostosis \Ex`os*to"sis\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression out bone: compare to exostose.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Convexity | Pimple, zit; wen, wheel, papula, pustule, pock, proud flesh, growth, sarcoma, caruncle, corn, wart, pappiloma, furuncle, polypus, fungus, fungosity, exostosis, bleb, blister, blain; boil; (disease); airbubble, blob, papule, verruca. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
exostosis | 41 |
exostosis multiple | 6 |
exostosis hereditary multiple | 4 |
exostosis horse multiple | 2 |
exostosis torus | 2 |
exostosis subungual | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "exostosis"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | العرن نامية عظمية فوق عظم. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | exostose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | exostosis, exostose, epostoma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | exostose. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Exostosis, Exostose, Epostoma. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | εξόστωσις. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | esostosi, epostosi, osteofitosi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | exostosisay exostose. (various references) exostosis (herniated disc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "exostosis" (pronounced 'Ex`os*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. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-o-o-s-s-s-t-x" | |
-1 letter: osteosis. | |
-2 letters: ostoses, ostosis, sexists. | |
-3 letters: exists, otiose, sexist, sextos, sixtes, tosses. | |
-4 letters: exist, exits, sexto, sexts, sises, sites, sixes, sixte, soots, sties, stoss. | |
-5 letters: exit, oots, oses, oxes, seis, sets, sext, site, sits, soot, sots, ties, toes, toss. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-o-o-s-s-s-t-x" | |
+2 letters: sexologists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 78 6F 73 74 6F 73 69 73 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01111000 01101111 01110011 01110100 01101111 01110011 01101001 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E x o s t o s i s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0078 006F 0073 0074 006F 0073 0069 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)399081858681857585 |
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