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OSTEOLATHYRISM

An experimental malady in rats, swine, turkeys, and another animals fed the seeds of determined species of Lathyrus (e.g., L. Odouratus, sweet pea), or such nitriles as aminoacetonitrile or beta-aminopropionitrile; the chief pathologic changes occur in connective tissue structures, as follows: 1) fibroblastic, chondroblastic, and osteoblastic proliferative changes in the periosteum; 2) degeneration, necrosis, and atypical proliferation of epiphysial cartilages; 3) an magnify in adipose tissue of the bone marrow; 4) sometimes proliferation of synovial membranes; 5) relatively big foci of extensive destruction of elastic fibres in the aorta, especially in the thoracic aorta. Origin: osteo-+ lathyrism
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