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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Clinoid :: Clinoid (a.) Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.
Pterygopalatine :: Pterygopalatine (a.) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid processes and the palatine bones.
Crossbones :: Crossbones (n. pl.) A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death..
Desquamatory :: Desquamatory (n.) An instrument formerly used in removing the laminae of exfoliated bones.
Rib :: Rib (n.) One of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax.
Carpale :: Carpale (n.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.
Larynx :: Larynx (n.) The expanded upper end of the windpipe or trachea, connected with the hyoid bone or cartilage. It contains the vocal cords, which produce the voice by their vibrations, when they are stretched and a current of air passes between them. The larynx is connected with the pharynx by an opening, the glottis, which, in mammals, is protected by a lidlike epiglottis..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To reduce from a dislocated or fractured state; to replace; as, to set a broken bone..
Thyrohyal :: Thyrohyal (n.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man..
Bone :: Bone (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.
Sphenotic :: Sphenotic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone..
Tessera :: Tessera (n.) A small piece of marble, glass, earthenware, or the like, having a square, or nearly square, face, used by the ancients for mosaic, as for making pavements, for ornamenting walls, and like purposes; also, a similar piece of ivory, bone, wood, etc., used as a ticket of admission to theaters, or as a certificate for successful gladiators, and as a token for various other purposes..
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.
Stay :: Stay (n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women, and rarely by men..
Cotyloid :: Cotyloid (a.) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone..
Fricando :: Fricando (n.) A ragout or fricassee of veal; a fancy dish of veal or of boned turkey, served as an entree, -- called also fricandel..
Interpubic :: Interpubic (a.) Between the pubic bones or cartilages; as, the interpubic disk..
Chine :: Chine (v. t.) To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.
Saurognathous :: Saurognathous (a.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici)..
Intermedium :: Intermedium (n.) The bone or cartilage between the radiale and ulnare in the carpus, and between the tibiale and fibulare in the tarsus. It corresponds to the lunar in the carpus, and to a part of the astragalus in the tarsus of man and most mammals..
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