[ noun ] a benign outgrowth from a bone (usually covered with cartilage) <noun.state>
Exostosis \Ex`os*to"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ? out + ? bone: cf. F ? exostose.] 1. (Med.) Any protuberance of a bone which is not natural; an excrescence or morbid enlargement of a bone. --Coxe.
2. (Bot.) A knot formed upon or in the wood of trees by disease.