Ossean
(Os"se*an) n. (Zoöl.) A fish having a bony skeleton; a teleost.
Ossein
(Os"se*in) n. [L. os bone.] (Physiol. Chem.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue
after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which
the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; — called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.
Osselet
(Os"se*let) n. [F.]
1. A little bone.
2. (Zoöl.) The internal bone, or shell, of a cuttlefish.
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.
Osseter
(Os"se*ter) n. [Russ, osetr' sturgeon.] (Zoöl.) A species of sturgeon.
Ossianic
(Os`si*an"ic) a. Of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, Ossian, a legendary Erse or Celtic
bard.
The compositions might be fairly classed as Ossianic.
G. Eliot. Ossicle
(Os"si*cle) n. [L. ossiculum, dim. of os, ossis, a bone.]
1. A little bone; as, the auditory ossicles in the tympanum of the ear.
2. (Zoöl.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as
the starfishes.
Ossiculated
(Os*sic"u*la`ted) a. Having small bones.
Ossiculum
(||Os*sic"u*lum) n.; pl. Ossicula [L., a little bone.] (Zoöl.) Same as Ossicle.
Ossiferous
(Os*sif"er*ous) a. [L. os, ossis, a bone + -ferous: cf. F. ossifère.] Containing or yielding
bone.
Ossific
(Os*sif"ic) a. [L. os, ossis, bone + facere to make: cf. F. ossifique. See Fact.] Capable of
producing bone; having the power to change cartilage or other tissue into bone.
Ossification
(Os`si*fi*ca"tion) n. [Cf. F. ossification. See Ossify.]
1. (Physiol.) The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material
(mainly lime salts) is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis.
Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called accidental ossification which
sometimes follows certain abnormal conditions, as in the ossification of an artery.
2. The state of being changed into a bony substance; also, a mass or point of ossified tissue.
Ossified
(Os"si*fied) a. Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral
matter of any kind; — said of tissues.
Ossifrage
(Os"si*frage) n. [L. ossifraga, ossifragus, osprey, fr. ossifragus bone breaking; os, ossis,
a bone + frangere, fractum, to break. See Osseous, Break, and cf. Osprey, Ossifragous.] (Zoöl.)
(a) The lammergeir. (b) The young of the sea eagle or bald eagle. [Obs.]
Ossifragous
(Os*sif"ra*gous) a. [L. ossifragus. See Ossifrage.] Serving to break bones; bone-breaking.
