See Also: osseous(dictionary)
Osseous(health)
osseous(medicine)
osseous polyp(medicine)
osseous lacuna(medicine)
osseous labyrinth(medicine)
osseous cell(medicine)
osseous ampulla(medicine)
gingivo-osseous(medicine)
chondro-osseous(medicine)

osseous (iou)



osseous adjective. LME.
[from Latin osseus, from os(s-) OS noun1: see -EOUS.]
Of, pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling bone; fig. hard or firm as bone. LME.
Geology. Of a deposit: containing many fossil bones, ossiferous. E19.
Of a fish: having a bony skeleton, osteichthyan. M19.
osseously adverb as regards bone; in a bony manner: L19.