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osseous

os·seous

UK/ˈɒsi.əs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

composed of or containing bone

  • “osseous tissue”
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Origin

Borrowed from Latin osseus (“bony, (attributive) bone”), from os (“bone”) + -eus.

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