Definition of bone

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Bone (n.) Whalebone; hence, a piece of whalebone or of steel for a corset..

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Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast..
Cotyloid :: Cotyloid (a.) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone..
Osteodentine :: Osteodentine (n.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth..
Metapodiale :: Metapodiale (n.) One of the bones of either the metacarpus or metatarsus.
Sinus :: Sinus (n.) A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening..
Carina :: Carina (n.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
Cuniform :: Cuniform (n.) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.
Callus :: Callus (n.) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece..
Bonedog :: Bonedog (n.) The spiny dogfish.
Basi- :: Basi- () A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as, basibranchials, the most ventral of the cartilages or bones of the branchial arches; basicranial, situated at the base of the cranium; basifacial, basitemporal, etc..
Fabella :: Fabella (n.) One of the small sesamoid bones situated behind the condyles of the femur, in some mammals..
Supratrochlear :: Supratemporal (n.) A supratemporal bone.
Holorhinal :: Holorhinal (a.) Having the nasal bones contiguous.
Prootic :: Prootic (a.) In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule..
Aliethmoidal :: Aliethmoidal (a.) Pertaining to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
Luz :: Luz (n.) A bone of the human body which was supposed by certain Rabbinical writers to be indestructible. Its location was a matter of dispute.
Sawbones :: Sawbones (n.) A nickname for a surgeon.
Shotten :: Shotten (n.) Shot out of its socket; dislocated, as a bone..
Backbone :: Backbone (n.) The column of bones in the back which sustains and gives firmness to the frame; the spine; the vertebral or spinal column.
Comminution :: Comminution (n.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces.
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