unossified
- a word derived from ossified.
Example Sentences
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Probably not, because a meningocele usually protrudes through an unossified part of the skull, usually at the back, sometimes at the root of the nose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Development, therefore, proves what comparative anatomy could only foreshadow—the unity of plan of all vertebrate skulls, ossified and unossified alike.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
In some species one or more of the digital processes are frequently completely unossified.
From The Baculum in Microtine Rodents by Anderson, Sydney
Ossification proceeds rapidly from the maxillaries medially to the unossified ethmoid, which is the last of the cranial bones to appear.
From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.
Certhia familiaris americana Bonaparte.—Specimens examined: total 2: ♀ 31612 from the base of Don Martín Dam, November 27, 1953, skull partially unossified; and ♀ 31587 from 20 mi.
From Birds from Coahuila, Mexico by Urban, Emil K.
