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Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
1. osteophyte
noun. small abnormal bony outgrowth.
Synonyms
- process
- appendage
Antonyms
- fall
- evolution
- increment
Etymology
- -phyte (English)
- φυτόν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
- osteo- (English)
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Sentences with osteophyte
1. Noun, singular or mass
Occasionally, an osteophyte may impinge on and irritate a nerve root exiting the spine, which causes neck pain, arm symptoms such as numbness and tingling or spinal cord dysfunction or myelopathy.