Medical Dictionary

osteolathyrism

noun os·teo·lath·y·rism \ˌäs-tē-ō-ˈlath-ə-ˌriz-əm\

Medical Definition of OSTEOLATHYRISM

:  a form of lathyrism produced experimentally in laboratory animals that is characterized especially by skeletal deformities and the formation of aortic aneurisms

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