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The fighting knobs mentioned above, are very interesting, large exostoses on one of the wrist-bones of either wing; they were undoubtedly covered with a thick, callous skin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

Unlike the condition known as multiple cartilaginous exostoses, it is a malignant disease.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

Hartmann shows two cases of multiple exostoses, both in males, and universally distributed over the body.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

Chondroma.—Cartilaginous tumours, apart from those giving rise to multiple exostoses, grow from the long bones and from the scapula, ilium, ribs, or jaws.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis

A number of states have passed stallion inspection laws stipulating that animals having such exostoses as spavin and ringbone cannot be registered except as "unsound."

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor