undertubulation

English

Etymology

From under- +‎ tubulation.

Noun

undertubulation (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Insufficient tubulation of long bones, resulting in diaphyseal or metaphyseal widening.

   Antonym: overtubulation

   • 2016, B.J. Manaster, “Osteochondroma”, in B.J. Manaster, editor, Diagnostic Imaging: Musculoskeletal: Non-Traumatic Disease, 2nd edition, Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier, →ISBN, page 250:

     Lesion may be sessile (broad-based), mimicking undertubulation of metaphysis