Porotic

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Po`rot´ic

(Med.) A medicine supposed to promote the formation of callus.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Porotic hyperostosis, anemias, malarias, and marshes in the prehistoric eastern Mediterranean.

Mycenaean Secondary Burial Revisited: Legacy Data, Taphonomy, and the Process of Burial in Achaia, Greece

The Methodological and Diagnostic Applications of Micro-CT to Paleopatholog y: A Quantitative Study of Porotic Hyperostosis [master's thesis].

The Use of X-ray Computed Tomography Technologies in Forensic Anthropology

Porotic hyperostosis as a manifestation of iron deficiency?

Reconstruccion del modo de vida de individuos del arcaico de la costa arreica del norte de Chile: una aproximacion bioarqueologica desde el sitio Copaca 1

The overconsumption of maize in American pre-Hispanic populations has been traditionally linked to the presence of iron deficiency anemia, which, in turn, was linked to the appearance of porotic lesions in the skull (i.e., porotic hyperostosis) and the orbits (i.e., cribra orbitalia) [72].

New data on food consumption in Pre-hispanic populations from Northwest Argentina (ca. 1000-1550 A.D.): the contribution of carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of human bones

Two large cavities with and without vessels, which were independent of osteocytes and lacunae [24, 25], were observed in the intracortical area of each specimen to measure the cavity area (porotic Ar).

Influence of gastrectomy on cortical and cancellous bones in rats

Of note, despite the increased fracture rate documented in diabetic patients in this study, a lower proportion of subjects with diabetes were receiving osteo porotic medications, compared with the nondiabetes population, she said.

FRAX underestimates diabetic patients' risk

Porotic hyperostosis in a marine-dependent California Indian population.

Could the health decline of prehistoric California Indians be related to exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from natural bitumen?

In addition, other abnormal periosteal areas were noted, containing porotic bone and fat (Figs.

Chondrosarcoma of the femur with histology-imaging correlation of tumor growth: preliminary observations concerning periosteal new bone formation and soft tissue extension

Chew, "Porotic Hyperostosis and Paleoepidemiology: A Forensic Perspective on Anemia among the Ancient Maya," American Anthropologist 100, no.