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Definition of osseous adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

osseous

adjective

/ˈɒsiəs/

/ˈɑːsiəs/

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made of or turned into bone
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin osseus ‘bony’ + -ous.

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