Osteotome to Ottawas
Osteotome
(Os"te*o*tome) n. [Osteo- + Gr. .] (Surg.) Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.
Osteotomist
(Os`te*ot"o*mist) n. One skilled in osteotomy.
Osteotomy
(Os`te*ot"o*my) n.
1. The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.
2. (Surg.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out of it, — done to remedy deformity,
etc.
Osteozoa
(||Os`te*o*zo"a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. a bone + zo^,on an animal.] (Zoöl.) Same as Vertebrata.
Ostiary
(Os"ti*a*ry) n.; pl. -ries [L. ostium door, entrance. See Usher.]
1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. N. Bacon.
Ostic
(Os"tic) a. [From North American Indian oshtegwon a head.] Pertaining to, or applied to, the
language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians. Schoolcraft.
Ostiole
(Os"ti*ole) n. [L. ostiolum a little door, dim. of ostium a door: cf. F. ostiole.] (Bot.) (a) The
exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate. (b) Any small orifice.
Ostitis
(||Os*ti"tis) n. [NL.] (Med.) See Osteitis.
Ostium
(||Os"ti*um) n.; pl. Ostia [L.] (Anat.) An opening; a passage.
Ostler
(Ost"ler) n. See Hostler.
Ostleress
(Ost"ler*ess), n. A female ostler. [R.] Tennyson.
Ostlery
(Ost"ler*y) n. See Hostelry. [Obs.]
Ostmen
(Ost"men) n. pl.; sing. Ostman. [See East, and Man.] East men; Danish settlers in Ireland,
formerly so called. Lyttelton.
Ostosis
(||Os*to"sis) n. [NL., from Gr. a bone.] (Physiol.) Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis,
and Endostosis.
Ostracea
(||Os*tra"ce*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. shell of a testacean.] (Zoöl.) A division of bivalve mollusks
including the oysters and allied shells.
Ostracean
(Os*tra"cean) n. [L. ostrea an oyster. See Oyster.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a family of bivalves,
of which the oyster is the type.
Ostracion
(||Os*tra"ci*on) n. [NL., fr. Gr. small shell.] (Zoöl.) A genus of plectognath fishes having the
body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes.
Ostraciont
(Os*tra"ci*ont) n. (Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied genera.
Ostracism
(Os"tra*cism) n. [Gr. fr. to ostracize. See Ostracize.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, — a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person
whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
