osteo-, oste-, ost-

(Greek: bone)

osteogen

osteogenesis

osteogenesis imperfecta

1. Brittle bone disease.
2. A rare hereditary disease in which abnormal connective tissue development leads to fragile bones subject to fracture.

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is not one but a group of genetic diseases (Types I and II), all of which affect collagen in connective tissue in the body and all of which result in fragile bones.

osteogenic

osteogeny

osteography

Description of the bones; descriptive osteology.

osteohypertrophy

A condition characterized by the overgrowth of bones.

osteoid

osteolite

osteologia

osteologist

osteology

osteolysis

osteolytic

osteoma

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(Greek: bone)

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