eburnation

English

Noun

eburnation (countable and uncountable, plural eburnations)

  1. A degenerative process of bone, occurring at sites of articular cartilage erosion and commonly found in patients with osteoarthritis. Subchondral bone responds to increased friction by generating reactive, ivory-like dense bone at the site of erosion.
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