Definition of bone

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Bone (n.) The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, blood and bone..

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Osteogen :: Osteogen (n.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification..
Shrine :: Shrine (n.) A case, box, or receptacle, especially one in which are deposited sacred relics, as the bones of a saint..
Squamose :: Squamosal (n.) The squamous part of the temporal bone, or a bone correspondending to it, under Temporal..
Bonesetter :: Bonesetter (n.) One who sets broken or dislocated bones; -- commonly applied to one, not a regular surgeon, who makes an occupation of setting bones..
Symplectic :: Symplectic (a.) Plaiting or joining together; -- said of a bone next above the quadrate in the mandibular suspensorium of many fishes, which unites together the other bones of the suspensorium..
Bony :: Bony (a.) Having large or prominent bones.
Dry-boned :: Dry-boned (a.) Having dry bones, or bones without flesh..
Pterotic :: Pterotic (n.) The pterotic bone.
Triquetrum :: Triquetrum (n.) One of the bones of the carpus; the cuneiform. See Cuneiform (b).
Fronto- :: Fronto- () A combining form signifying relating to the forehead or the frontal bone; as, fronto-parietal, relating to the frontal and the parietal bones; fronto-nasal, etc..
Sepiostare :: Sepiostare (n.) The bone or shell of cuttlefish. See Illust. under Cuttlefish.
Maxilla :: Maxilla (n.) The bone of either the upper or the under jaw.
Mineralization :: Mineralization (n.) The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc..
Share :: Share (v.) The pubes; the sharebone.
Frontal :: Frontal (n.) The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium..
Occipital :: Occipital (a.) Of or pertaining to the occiput, or back part of the head, or to the occipital bone..
Orbitosphenoid :: Orbitosphenoid (n.) The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult..
Subpulmonary :: Subpubic (a.) Situated under, or posterior to, the pubic bones..
Counter :: Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc..
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