osseous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- interosseous adjective
- osseously adverb
- postosseous adjective
Etymology
Origin of osseous
1675–85; < Latin osseus bony, equivalent to oss- (stem of os ) bone + -eus -eous
Example Sentences
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By April, the team had found a multitude of small metal fragments consistent with a crash as well as “osseous material” — teeth and bones.
From Seattle Times
“And so I began the poem, ‘Enough of osseous and chickadee and sunflower,’” she told the AP.
From Washington Times
It may be rather obvious by now that I'm rather besotted with all things osseous.
From BBC
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.
From Project Gutenberg
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.”
From Project Gutenberg
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