exostosed, ppl. a.
(ɛkˈsɒstəʊzd)
[ad. Fr. exostosé, f. exostose exostosis: see -ed1.]
1. Affected with exostosis.
| 1758 J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 96, I..found the..sixth of the true Ribs..exostosed. Ibid. 320 You may see..an exostosed Ridge. 1766 Justamond in Phil. Trans. LVI. 270 An entire tibia, exostosed and carious. |
¶ 2. Having an external bony covering; = exoskeletal. rare.
| 1887 E. D. Cope Origin of the Fittest 46 The cartilaginous, osseous, and exostosed..characters distinguish otherwise nearly allied genera. |