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os⋅se⋅ous

  [os-ee-uhs]
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–adjective
composed of, containing, or resembling bone; bony.
Origin:
1675–85; < L osseus bony, equiv. to oss- (s. of os) bone + -eus -eous

Related forms:
os⋅se⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
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os·se·ous   (ŏs'ē-əs)   
adj.  Composed of, containing, or resembling bone; bony.

[From Latin osseus, from os, oss-, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots.]
os'se·ous·ly adv.
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Osseous

Os"se*ous\, a. [L. osseus, from os, ossis bone; akin to Gr. ?, Skr. asthi. Cf. Oyster.] Composed of bone; resembling bone; capable of forming bone; bony; ossific.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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osseous 
"bony," 1707, from M.L. ossous, from L. osseus "bony," from os (gen. ossis) "bone," from PIE *os- (cf. Skt. asthi, Hittite hashtai-, Gk. osteon "bone," Gk. ostrakon "oyster shell," Avestan ascu- "shinbone," Welsh asgwrn "bone").
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Main Entry: os·se·ous
Pronunciation: 'äs-E-&s
Function: adjective
: of, relating to, or composed of bone —os·se·ous·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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osseous os·se·ous (ŏs'ē-əs)
adj.
Composed of, containing, or resembling bone; bony.

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