diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
(redirected from hyperostotic spondylosis)dif·fuse id·i·o·path·ic skel·e·tal hy·per·os·to·sis (DISH),
a generalized spinal and extraspinal articular disorder characterized by calcification and ossification of ligaments, particularly of the anterior longitudinal ligament; distinct from ankylosing spondylitis or degenerative joint disease.
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dif·fuse id·i·o·path·ic skel·e·tal hy·per·os·to·sis
(DISH) (di-fyūs' id'ē-ō-path'ik skel'ĕ-tăl hī'pĕr-os-tō'sis)A generalized spinal and extraspinal articular disorder characterized by calcification and ossification of ligaments, particularly of the anterior longitudinal ligament; distinct from ankylosing spondylitis or degenerative joint disease.
Synonym(s): Forestier disease.
Synonym(s): Forestier disease.
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Forestier,
Jacques, French rheumatologist, 1890–.Forestier disease - a generalized spinal and extraspinal articular disorder characterized by calcification and ossification of ligaments. Synonym(s): diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis
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