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osseous
[ os-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- composed of, containing, or resembling bone; bony.
osseous
/ ˈɒsɪəs /
adjective
- consisting of or containing bone, bony
Derived Forms
- ˈosseously, adverb
Other Words From
- osse·ous·ly adverb
- inter·osse·ous adjective
- post·osse·ous adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of osseous1
Example Sentences
By April, the team had found a multitude of small metal fragments consistent with a crash as well as “osseous material” — teeth and bones.
“And so I began the poem, ‘Enough of osseous and chickadee and sunflower,’” she told the AP.
It may be rather obvious by now that I'm rather besotted with all things osseous.
The osseous labyrinth may be regarded as an osseous mould in the petrous portion of the temporal bone, lined by tesselated endothelium, and containing a small quantity of fluid called the perilymph.
I poke the porkers thoughtfully with a stick in the place where their ribs should be, but they are of such an abbatical plumpness that my ferrule fails to discover any “osseous structure.”
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