Osteochondrosis
Any disease that affects the progress of bone growth by killing bone tissue. Osteochondrosis is seen only in children and teens whose bones are still growing.
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- Osteoclasia
Destruction and reabsorption of bone tissue, as occurs when broken bones heal.
- Osteoclasis
The surgical destruction of bone tissue. Osteoclasis is performed to reconstruct a bone that is malformed, often a broken bone that healed improperly. The bone is broken and then reshaped with the aid of metal pins, casting, and bracing.
- Osteoclast
A cell that nibbles at and breaks down bone and is responsible for bone resorption. Osteoclasts are large multinucleate cells (cells with more than one nucleus) that differentiate from another type of cell called a macrophage. In normal bone, bone formation and bone resorption are closely coupled processes involved in the normal remodeling of bone. […]
- Osteoclastoma
A tumor of bone characterized by massive destruction of the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most commonly struck by this tumor is the knee ? the far end of the femur and the near end of the tibia. The tumor is often coated by new bony growth and may grow aggressively. It […]
- Osteodystrophy
A bone disorder that adversely affects bone growth. See also renal osteodystrophy.