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Examples of osseous in a Sentence
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Word History
Latin osseus, from oss-, os bone; akin to Greek osteon bone, Sanskrit asthi
circa 1682, in the meaning defined above
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“Osseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/osseous. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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