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Ossification

The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material (mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.

Ossified

Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.

Ossifrage

The lammergeir. The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle.

Ossify

To become bone; to change from a soft tissue to a hard bony tissue.

Ossifying

Changing into bone; becoming bone; as, the ossifying process.

Ossivorous

Feeding on bones; eating bones; as, ossivorous quadrupeds.

Ossuary

A place where the bones of the dead are deposited; a charnel house.

Ostend

To exhibit; to manifest.

Ostensibly

In an ostensible manner; avowedly; professedly; apparently.

Ostension

The showing of the sacrament on the altar in order that it may receive the adoration of the communicants.

Ostentate

To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.

Ostentation

The act of ostentating or of making an ambitious display; unnecessary show; pretentious parade; -- usually in a detractive sense.

Ostentatious

Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful.

osteo-

A combining form of Gr. 'oste`on a bone.

Osteoblast

One of the protoplasmic cells which occur in the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum, and from or around which the matrix of the bone is developed; an osteoplast.

osteoclasis

The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.

osteoclast

Same as myeloplax, a large multinucleate cell within the bone, which functions in the absroption and removal of bone tissue.

Osteocomma

A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra.

Osteocope

Pain in the bones; a violent fixed pain in any part of a bone.

Osteocranium

The bony cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.

Osteodentine

A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.

Osteogen

The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.

Osteogenetic

Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum.

Osteolite

A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.

Osteologer

One versed in osteology; an osteologist.

Osteologist

One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.

Osteology

The science which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.

Osteoma

A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.

Osteomalacia

A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.

osteopathy

Any disease of the bones. A system of treatment based on the theory that diseases are chiefly due to deranged mechanism of the bones, nerves, blood vessels, and other tissues, and can be remedied by manipulations of these parts. Modern practitioners use the therapeutic and diagnostic techniques of modern medicine as well as manipulative procedures.

Osteophone

An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.

Osteoplasty

An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied.

Osteoporosis

An absorption of bone so that the bone tissue becomes unusually porous. It occurs especially in elderly men and postmenopausal women, and predisposes the elderly to fractures of the bones.

Osteosarcoma

A tumor having the structure of a sarcoma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

Osteotome

Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.

Osteotomy

The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.

Ostiary

The mouth of a river; an estuary.

Ostic

Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians.

Ostiole

The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate. Any small orifice.

Ostmen

East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called.

Ostosis

Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.

Ostracea

A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

Ostracean

Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.

Ostracion

A genus of plectognath fishes of the family Ostraciontidae having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes (also called boxfish).

Ostraciont

A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.

ostracism

Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

Ostracize

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

ostracod

A member of the Ostracoda, an order of tiny marine and freshwater crustaceans with a shrimplike body enclosed in a bivalve shell.

Ostracoda

An order of Entomostraca possessing shrimplike bodies enclosed in hard bivalve shells; called also seed shrimp and mussel shrimp. They were formerly referred to as Ostracoidea. They are of small size, and swim freely about; many are less than 1 mm in length. Microfossils of certain extinct orders have been found extending back to the Cambrian age.

ostracoderm

Any of several extinct fishlike jawless vertebrates having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic.

Ostracodermi

A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.

ostracoid

Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda). One of the Ostracoidea (now Ostracoda).

Ostracoidea

An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about. Now usually written Ostracoda.

Ostrea

A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.

Ostreaceous

Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.

ostrich

A large bird of the genus Struthio, of which Struthio camelus of Africa is the best known species. It has long and very strong legs, adapted for rapid running; only two toes; a long neck, nearly bare of feathers; and short wings incapable of flight. The adult male is about eight feet high.

otacoustic

Assisting the sense of hearing; as, an otacoustic instrument.

Otalgic

Of or pertaining to otalgia. A remedy for otalgia.

Otalgy

Pain in the ear; otalgia.

Otheoscope

An instrument for exhibiting the repulsive action produced by light or heat in an exhausted vessel; a modification of the radiometer.

Otherness

The quality or state of being other or different; alterity; oppositeness.

Otherwhere

In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere.

otherworldly

existing outside of or not in accordance with nature.

othonna

A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers.

Otic

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the ear; auricular; auditory.

Otides

A suborder of terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia, including the bustards.

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