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osseous

2 synonyms for osseous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

Adj — Made of bone, or relating to bone.

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bony osteal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin osseus, meaning "bony, (attributive) bone", itself formed from os, meaning "bone", and the suffix -eus.

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