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Multiple elbow injuries, including surgery to remove a bone spur, limited Loáisiga to 17 games last year.
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2024
Grichuk had bone spurs in his right ankle removed in January and will be delayed early in spring training.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Trump avoided being drafted into the Vietnam War due to five deferments, one for bone spurs and four for education.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
My younger teenage son had a painful bone spur in his shoulder and my wife and older son both had vertigo-inducing inner ear infections.
—Dan Bova, wsj.com, 5 Oct. 2023
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2024
Grichuk had bone spurs in his right ankle removed in January and will be delayed early in spring training.
—Jack Magruder, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
Trump avoided being drafted into the Vietnam War due to five deferments, one for bone spurs and four for education.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
My younger teenage son had a painful bone spur in his shoulder and my wife and older son both had vertigo-inducing inner ear infections.
—Dan Bova, wsj.com, 5 Oct. 2023
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“Bone spur.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bone%20spur. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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bone spur
noun
variants
also bony spur
: a bony outgrowth : osteophyte
In addition to pain, osteoarthritis shows up as stiff joints, cracking sounds, inflammation and bone spurs.—Nathan Seppa, Science News
Nathan Seppa, Science News… he had bone spurs removed from the backs of both heels.—Leigh Montville, Sports Illustrated
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