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What does exostosis mean?

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Noun
  1. A benign bony growth, often covered with cartilage, on the surface of a bone or tooth.
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Subungual exostosis is an osteoma growing from the terminal phalanx of the great toe.
The distal soft tissue release, the removal of the exostosis, and the mobilization of the sesamoid bone are not explained either.
This method is only indicated if the exostosis is situated at the entrance of the meatus and is pedunculated.
Ringbone is the designation of the exostosis which is found on the coronet and in the digital and phalangeal regions.
Subungual exostosis begins as a reactive fibrous growth that develops cartilage and ultimately ossifies.
Perforation of the exostosis, or enlargement of the small passage existing between multiple exostoses, by means of the burr.

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