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Descriptor English: Osteophyte
Descriptor Spanish: Osteofito
Descriptor osteofito
Entry term(s) espolón óseo
Scope note: Crecimiento óseo localizado que se encuentra generalmente alrededor de las articulaciones, frecuentemente en afecciones como la OSTEOARTROSIS.
Descriptor Portuguese: Osteófito
Descriptor French: Ostéophyte
Entry term(s): Bone Spur
Bone Spurs
Osteophytes
Spur, Bone
Spurs, Bone
Tree number(s): C05.116.540.310.800
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054850
Scope note: Bony outgrowth usually found around joints and often seen in conditions such as ARTHRITIS.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
DeCS ID: 52583
Unique ID: D054850
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Osteophyte - Preferred
Concept UI M0508286
Scope note Bony outgrowth usually found around joints and often seen in conditions such as ARTHRITIS.
Preferred term Osteophyte
Entry term(s) Bone Spur
Bone Spurs
Osteophytes
Spur, Bone
Spurs, Bone



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