Dysostosis

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Dysostosis

A dysostosis (from Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dys-) 'bad, difficult' and ὀστέον (ostéon) 'bone') is a disorder of the development of bone, in particular affecting ossification.[1] Examples include craniofacial dysostosis, Klippel–Feil syndrome, and Rubinstein–Taybi syndrome.

It is one of the two categories of constitutional disorders of bone (the other being osteochondrodysplasia).[2] When the disorder involves the joint between two bones, the term synostosis is often used.

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  1. ^ "dysostosis" at Dorland's Medical Dictionary[dead link]
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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