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osteocope

American

[os-tee-uh-kohp] / ˈɒs ti əˌkoʊp /

noun

Pathology.

severe pain in the bones, especially that occurring in syphilitic persons.

Etymology

Origin of osteocope

1700–10; < Greek osteokópos, equivalent to osteo- osteo- + kópos beating, toil, fatigue

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