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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Osseous  \Os"se*ous\,  a.  [L.  osseus,  from  os  ossis  bone;  akin  to 
  Gr  ?,  Skr.  asthi  Cf  {Oyster}.] 
  Composed  of  bone;  resembling  bone;  capable  of  forming  bone; 
  bony;  ossific. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  osseous 
  adj  :  composed  of  or  containing  bone;  "osseous  tissue"  [syn:  {osteal}, 
  {bony}] 




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