hyperosteoidosis

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English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ osteoidosis.

Noun

hyperosteoidosis (plural hyperosteoidoses)

  1. Excessive formation of osteoid (especially in rickets)
    • 2015 August 21, Svetlana V. Komarova et al., “Mathematical model for bone mineralization”, in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, volume 3, →DOI:
      Conversely, mutation in BMP1 —an enzyme that cleaves C-propeptide off procollagen—also results in a decrease in collagen maturation, hyperosteoidosis and hypermineralization (Hoyer-Kuhn et al., 2013 ).