osteo-, oste-, ost-

Nutrition of osseous (bone) tissue.

1. Pertaining to the periosteum, a dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all bone, except the bone of articulating surfaces in joints which are covered by synovial membranes.
2. Situated around bone.

A benign tumor arising from the periosteum, the dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all bone (except the articular surfaces of bone in joints which are covered by synovial membranes).

Inflammation of the periosteum (specialized connective tissue covering all bones of the body) and bone marrow.

The operating on or cutting through the periosteum to the bone.

1. Relating to the periosteum.
2. Situated around bone; of or pertaining to the periosteum.

1. A dense fibrous membrane covering the surface of bones (except at their extremities) and serving as an attachment for tendons and muscles; contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the enclosed bone.
2. A dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all bone, except that of the articulating surfaces in joints which are covered by a synovial membrane.
3. Literally, "around the bone".

Inflammation of the periosteum.

1. Literally, inflammation around the bone.
2. Inflammation of the periosteum, a dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that closely wraps (invests) all bone, except the bone of articulating surfaces in joints which are covered by synovial membranes.

1. An abnormally increased ossification; premature and excessive ossification.
2. A superabundance of bone formation.

Loss of bone tissue following trauma (physical damage to the body); especially, when there is damage to a nerve supplying the injured area.

The condition may also be caused by disuse secondary to pain.