bone spur

collocation in English

meaningsofboneandspur

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bone
noun[C or U]
uk
/bəʊn/us
/boʊn/
any of the hard parts inside a human or animal that make up ...
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spur
noun[C]
uk
/spɜːr/us
/spɝː/
a sharp, wheel-shaped metal object that is attached to the heel of boots worn by people riding horses and is used to encourage the horse to ...
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(Definition ofboneandspurfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At season's end, he underwent surgery in which doctors removed abonespurfrom his shoulder.
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In one case, a pair of his boots actually relieved abonespuron a man's heel.
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Within a month after putting my boots on that fellow'sbonespurhad disappeared.
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His problems stemmed from abonespurthat was causing inflammation in the ankle.
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If there is a significantbonespur, any of the approaches may include an acromioplasty, a subacromial decompression, as part of the procedure.
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Thisbonespurmay then begin to impact on the soft tissue at the front of the ankle, causing inflammation and swelling.
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Williams has reported that he was troubled with a painfulbonespurin one foot leading up to the competition.
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Lateral view x-rays of the ankle are the recommended first-line imaging modality to assess for other causes of heel pain such as stress fractures orbonespurdevelopment.
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Gruber's career was cut short in 1993 due to abonespuron his spine.
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Garcia experienced a recurrence of pain in his right elbow, which required his second elbow surgery, to repair abonespur.
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However, he suffered abonespurinjury soon after he hit peak form, and despite his average declining dramatically, he made his only career half-century in the 2000 season.
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Repeated kicking actions can cause the anklebone to hit the bottom of the shinbone, which can lead to a lump of bone (orbonespur) developing.
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Calcification of the tendon, and osteophytes (bone spurs) in the intertubercular groove can be apparent on x-rays.
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In their late teens, both males and females may suffer bone spurs and arthritic conditions.
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When the joint is repeatedly overloaded on the edge of its surface, exostoses, or bone spurs, occur.
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Usually, a tear will be undetected by x-ray, although bone spurs, which can impinge upon the rotator cuff tendons, may be visible.
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A cheilectomy removes the bone spurs, or lip of bone, that forms as a result of arthritis of the joint.
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The disc is completely removed, as well as arthritic bone spurs.
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Skeletons of longbow archers are recognisably adapted, with enlarged left arms and often bone spurs on left wrists, left shoulders and right fingers.
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Over the next several seasons, he had multiple surgeries on his hip, including repairing a torn labrum and removing bone spurs.
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