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ARTHROPHYTE

\ˈɑːθɹəfˌa͡ɪt], \ˈɑːθɹəfˌa‍ɪt], \ˈɑː_θ_ɹ_ə_f_ˌaɪ_t]\

Definitions of ARTHROPHYTE

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Abnormal growth of a joint-cavity.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A free body within a joint, originating in the synovial membrane. See floating cartilage, under cartilage.
Any outgrowth from the proper structure of a joint projecting into its cavity. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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