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osseous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective osseous has 1 sense
- osseous(a = adj.pert) bony, osteal - composed of or containing bone; "osseous tissue"
CIDE DICTIONARY
osseous, a. [L. osseus, from os, ossis bone; akin to Gr. 'oste`on, Skr. asthi. Cf. Oyster.].
Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
osseous, adj.
1 consisting of bone.
2 having a bony skeleton.
3 ossified.
1 consisting of bone.
2 having a bony skeleton.
3 ossified.
Etymology
L osseus f. os ossis bone
ROGET THESAURUS
osseous
Hardness
N hardness, rigidity, renitence, renitency, inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity, induration, petrifaction, lapidification, lapidescence, vitrification, ossification, crystallization, stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant, bone, cartilage, hardware, heart of oak, block, board, deal board, iron, steel, cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron, nail, brick, concrete, cement, hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm, starch, starched, stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding, inflexible, tense, indurate, indurated, gritty, proof, adamant, adamantine, adamantean, concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous, horny, corneous, bony, osseous, ossific, cartilaginous, hard as a rock, stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker, stiff as starch, stiff as as board.
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