A dysostosis is a disorder of the development of bone, in particular affecting ossification. Examples include craniofacial dysostosis, Klippel-Feil syndrome, and Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. It is one of the two categories of constitutional disorders of bone (the other being osteochondrodysplasia). When the disorder involves the joint between two bo...
Synonym for dysosteogenesis ... Defective bone formation. ... Synonym: dysostosis. ... Origin: dys-+ G. Osteon, bone, + genesis, production ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(dis″os-to´sis) defective ossification; a defect in the normal ossification of fetal cartilages.
Type: Term Pronunciation: dis′os-tō′sis Synonyms: dysosteogenesis
dysostosis Defective ossification; defective bone formation, due to faulty ossification of fetal cartilages.