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jointing(medicine)
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Schmorl node (medicine) and jointing (iou)


Schmorl node (medicine)


schmorl node
<radiology> Chondrification defects where periosteal vessels penetrate cartilage plates of disc, Xray: concave defects at upper and lower vertebral endplates with sharp margins produced by herniation of disc material, MRI: similar signal intensity as disc, low signal intensity of rim, associated with narrow disc space Differential diagnosis: SHOOT, Scheuermann disease, hyperparathyroidism, osteoporosis, osteomalacia, trauma


jointing (iou)



jointing noun. LME.
[from JOINT verb + -ING1.]
A joint; a junction. LME.
The action of JOINT verb. L16.
The formation of joints or fissures in rock etc.; the Nature or arrangement of these. L17.