Etymology

osseous

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Today it means: Of, relating to, or made of bone; bony. Full definition →

Latin osseus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromosseus“bony, (attributive) bone”
  2. English todayosseous

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

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