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noun
A degenerative process of bone, occurring at sites of articular cartilage erosion and commonly found in patients with osteoarthritis. Subchondral bone responds to increased friction by generating reactive, ivory-like dense bone at the site of erosion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic process, biological process
History
From Latin eburnus (“of ivory”), from ebur (“ivory”). By surface analysis, eburnate + -ion.
