osseous
- adjective
- /ˈɑːsiəs/
- Specialized
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óseo
- In the museum, we saw a rare osseous fossil that revealed the structure of ancient bird bones.
- osseous metaplasia
- osseous junction
- osseous tissue
Examples
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CT is also helpful in determining osseous involvement of the skull base, paranasal sinuses, and orbits by a tumor or an inflammatory process.
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Various osseous cell types are responsible for bone remodeling (healing).
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Licking would contaminate the osseous surface.
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We push the ganglia to one side, then we make the actual osseous incision here.
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The hallmark finding is osseous destruction of the mastoid air cells.
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The region of the organ of Corti containing the inner hair cells rests on the osseous spiral lamina.
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The spine is the most common site of bony metastases in patients with osseous breast carcinoma metastases.
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The physician must be concerned with airway patency, control of major hemorrhage, and stability of osseous structures, and must also be evaluated for other less apparent but potentially lethal injuries.
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The number, size, and variations of the bony elements of the septum, and the high frequency with which these osseous elements deviate from the midline, should make the study of septal anatomy an important endeavor.
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The doctor explained that the patient's injury resulted in significant osseous damage to the leg.
Synonyms
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5.0
Connected to the bones that support and shape the body
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3.0
Made from the hard parts inside animals or humans, like a skeleton
Relating to bones in the body
Compounds
How Bony
Surface Forms
Morphology
osseous = bone (semi-transparent) = osse + ous
The meaning ('relating to bone') is clear, but the visible root 'osse-' is an unfamiliar Latin combining form rather than the common English word 'bone', so learners may not readily connect form to meaning.
Etymology
The word osseous comes from a Latin word for 'bone' and contains the root oss-, which you also see in ossify. So osseous means 'bony' or 'made of bone'.