undertubulation

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English

Etymology

From under- +‎ tubulation.

Noun

undertubulation (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) Insufficient tubulation of long bones, resulting in diaphyseal or metaphyseal widening.
    Antonym: overtubulation
    • 2016, B.J. Manaster, “Osteochondroma”, in B.J. Manaster, editor, Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal: Non-Traumatic Disease, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 250:
      Lesion may be sessile (broad-based), mimicking undertubulation of metaphysis