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Antonyms for osseous

Grammar : Adj
Spell : os-ee-uh s
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒs i əs

Definition of osseous

Origin :
  • "bony," early 15c., from Medieval Latin ossous, from Latin osseus "bony, of bone," from os (genitive ossis) "bone," from PIE *ost- "bone" (cf. Sanskrit asthi, Hittite hashtai-, Greek osteon "bone," Greek ostrakon "oyster shell," Avestan ascu- "shinbone," Welsh asgwrn, Armenian oskr, Albanian asht "bone"). The word was later reformed in English (1680s), perhaps by influence of French osseux.
  • As in bony : adj of or like bone
Example sentences :
  • Why is the collar-bone the undisputed king of the osseous frame?
  • Extract from : « A Book of Burlesques » by H. L. Mencken
  • Only known from osseous remains and the above-quoted drawing and notes.
  • Extract from : « Extinct Birds » by Walter Rothschild
  • In the second month this brain corresponds then to the brain of an osseous fish.
  • Extract from : « A Few Words About the Devil » by Charles Bradlaugh
  • Osseous tumors may arise from the periosteum or from the marrow.
  • Extract from : « Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry » by Maximilian Stern
  • The osseous breccia—where it exists—appears to be similar in all the caves.
  • Extract from : « The Jenolan Caves » by Samuel Cook
  • An Osseous always knows what he wants to do, how he wants to do it, and when.
  • Extract from : « How to Analyze People on Sight » by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • And it is not accidental that the Osseous looks all of these things.
  • Extract from : « How to Analyze People on Sight » by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • Of all human types the Osseous is the most dependable and reliable.
  • Extract from : « How to Analyze People on Sight » by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • There is but one type he should never marry and that is the Osseous.
  • Extract from : « How to Analyze People on Sight » by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict
  • The one type the pure Osseous should never mate with is his own.
  • Extract from : « How to Analyze People on Sight » by Elsie Lincoln Benedict and Ralph Paine Benedict

Synonyms for osseous

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