melorheostosis /melo·rhe·os·to·sis/ (mel″ŏ-re″os-to´sis) a form of osteosclerosis, with linear tracks extending through a long bone; see rheostosis.
melorheostosis
mel·o·rhe·os·to·sis (m l  -r  s-t  s s)n. Rheostosis confined to the long bones. |
melorheostosis
a form of osteosclerosis, with linear tracks extending through the long bones.
melorheostosis
Lèri's disease An idiopathic defect of long bone growth, characterized by cortical thickening of long–tubular bones which, when stripped of muscle, simulates a candle with wax dribbled down a side Clinical
Pain, limitation of movement, contraction and/or fusion of joint spaces, usually of one limb
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