English Explanatory Dictionary

osseous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, relating to, or made of bone; bony.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒsi.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-osseous.wav

Word forms

osseous

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin osseus (“bony, (attributive) bone”), from os (“bone”) + -eus.

Derived words

chondroosseous endosseous exosseous extraosseous immunoosseous interosseous intraosseous nonosseous osseous labyrinth osseously osseous tissue perosseous preosseous semiosseous supraosseous transosseous
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