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diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis

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diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
n.
A generalized spinal and extraspinal articular disorder characterized by calcification and ossification of ligaments, particularly of the anterior longitudinal ligament. Also called ankylosing hyperostosis, Forrestier's disease, hyperostotic spondylosis.
diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis,
a form of degenerative joint disease in which the ligaments along the spinal column become calcified and lose their flexibility.


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