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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Odontoid :: Odontoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the odontoid bone or to the odontoid process.
Malleus :: Malleus (n.) The outermost of the three small auditory bones, ossicles; the hammer. It is attached to the tympanic membrane by a long process, the handle or manubrium. See Illust. of Far..
Prefrontal :: Prefrontal (n.) A prefrontal bone or scale.
Radius :: Radius (n.) The preaxial bone of the forearm, or brachium, corresponding to the tibia of the hind limb. See Illust. of Artiodactyla..
Osselet :: Osselet (n.) A little bone.
Share :: Share (v.) The pubes; the sharebone.
Umbones :: Umbones (pl. ) of Umb.
Pharyngeal :: Pharyngeal (n.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches..
Saddle :: Saddle (n.) A piece of meat containing a part of the backbone of an animal with the ribs on each side; as, a saddle of mutton, of venison, etc..
Unbone :: Unbone (v. t.) To deprive of bones, as meat; to bone..
Postorbital :: Postorbital (n.) A postorbital bone or scale.
Pedicel :: Pedicel (n.) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals..
Intertarsal :: Intertarsal (a.) Between the tarsal bones; as, the intertarsal articulations..
Rewel Bone :: Rewel bone () An obsolete phrase of disputed meaning, -- perhaps, smooth or polished bone..
Centripetal :: Centripetal (a.) Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone..
Heelspur :: Heelspur (n.) A slender bony or cartilaginous process developed from the heel bone of bats. It helps to support the wing membranes. See Illust. of Cheiropter.
Boneless :: Boneless (a.) Without bones.
Backbone :: Backbone (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
Homologous :: Homologous (a.) Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates..
Merrythought :: Merrythought (n.) The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also wishbone. See Furculum.
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