eburnation(noun)

a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory

eburnation(Noun)

Degenerative process of bone occurring at sites of articular cartilage erosion commonly found in patients with osteoarthritis. Sub-chondral bone responds to increased friction by generating reactive, ivory-like, dense bone at the site of erosion.

Eburnation(noun)

a condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory