osteoclasia

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osteoclasia

[-klā′zhə]

Etymology: Gk, osteon + klasis, breaking

1 the destruction and absorption of bony tissue by osteoclasts, such as during growth or the healing of fractures.

2 the degeneration of bone through disease. See also osteolysis.

osteoclasia

absorption and destruction of bony tissue.

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-clasia ameloblastic fibroma cementifying fibroma cementoma desmoplastic fibroma fibroma first-state cementoma irritation fibroma odontogenic fibroma ossifying fibroma osteoclasia, traumatic periapical fibroma peripheral odontogenic fibroma peripheral ossifying fibroma			These birds also had reduced bone ash, increased osteoclasia, a marked decrease in osteoblast activity, variable lengthening and shortening of the hypertrophic zone of the epiphyseal cartilage, decreased and disorganized formation of new bone, and a marked hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the parathyroid glands as compared to birds collected from the third colony. J Wildl Dis: Naturally occurring secondary nutritional ... by Phalen, D.N.; Drew, M.L.; Contreras, C. / Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery			osteocalcin osteocampsia osteocarcinoma osteocartilaginous osteocartilaginous exostoses osteocementum osteochondral osteochondral graft osteochondritis osteochondritis deformans juvenilis osteochondritis deformans juvenilis dorsi osteochondritis dissecans osteochondrodysplasia osteochondrodystrophy osteochondrofibroma osteochondroid osteochondrolysis osteochondroma osteochondromatosis osteochondromyxoma osteochondropathy osteochondrosarcoma Osteochondroses osteochondrosis osteochondrosis dissecans osteoclasia osteoclasia, traumatic osteoclasis osteoclast osteoclast activating factor osteoclast-activating factor osteoclastic osteoclastoma Osteoclasts osteoclasty Osteoconduction osteocope osteocranium osteocystoma osteocyte osteocyte osteodystrophy Osteocytes osteocytic osteodensitometer osteodentin osteodermatopoikilosis osteodermia osteodiastasis osteodynia osteodysplasia osteodystrophia fibrosa			Osteochondrodysplasia Osteochondrodysplasias osteochondrodystrophy osteochondrodystrophy osteochondrofibroma osteochondroid osteochondrolysis osteochondrolysis osteochondroma osteochondroma osteochondroma osteochondromatosis OSTEOCHONDROMATOSIS, MULTIPLE osteochondromyxoma Osteochondropathies Osteochondropathies Osteochondropathy Osteochondropathy osteochondrosarcoma Osteochondroses osteochondrosis osteochondrosis osteochondrosis and arthrosis osteochondrosis and arthrosis osteochondrosis deformans tibiae osteochondrosis deformans tibiae osteochondrosis dissecans osteoclases osteoclases osteoclases osteoclasia osteoclasia, traumatic osteoclasis osteoclasis osteoclasis osteoclast osteoclast osteoclast osteoclast activating factor osteoclast activating factor osteoclast activating factor osteoclast activating factor osteoclast activating factor osteoclast activating factor Osteoclast Differentiation and Activation Receptor Osteoclast Differentiation Factor Osteoclast Differentiation Factor Osteoclast Differentiation Factor Receptor osteoclast-activating factor osteoclast-activating factor osteoclast-activating factor osteoclast-activating factor osteoclast-activating factor osteoclast-activating factor (OAF) osteoclast-activating factor (OAF) osteoclast-activating factor (OAF) osteoclast-like osteoclast-like giant cell Osteoclast-Like Giant Cells Osteoclast-Like Multinucleated Giant Cells osteoclastic

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