The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are supposed
to be concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix.
2. An instrument for performing osteoclasis.
Osteocolla
(Os`te*o*col"la) n. [Osteo- + Gr. glue.]
1. A kind of glue obtained from bones. Ure.
2. A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, — formerly
supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.
Osteocomma
(||Os`te*o*com"ma) n.; pl. L. Osteocommata E. Osteocommas [NL. See Osteo-, and
Comma.] (Anat.) A metamere of the vertebrate skeleton; an osteomere; a vertebra. Owen.
Osteocope
(Os"te*o*cope) n. [Gr. a bone + a striking, pain: cf. F. ostéocope.] (Med.) Pain in the bones; a
violent fixed pain in any part of a bone. — Os`te*o*cop"ic a.
Osteocranium
(Os`te*o*cra"ni*um) n. [Osteo- + cranium.] (Anat.) The bony cranium, as distinguished
from the cartilaginous cranium.
Osteodentine
(Os`te*o*den"tine) n. [Osteo- + denite.] (Anat.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone,
which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth.
Osteogen
(Os"te*o*gen) n. [Osteo- + -gen.] (Physiol.) The soft tissue, or substance, which, in developing
bone, ultimately undergoes ossification.
Osteogenesis
(Os`te*o*gen"e*sis Os`te*og"e*ny) n. [Osteo- + genesis, or the root of Gr. to be born: cf.
F. ostéogénie.] (Physiol.) The formation or growth of bone.
Osteogenetic
(Os`te*o*ge*net"ic) a. (Physiol.) Connected with osteogenesis, or the formation of bone; producing
bone; as, osteogenetic tissue; the osteogenetic layer of the periosteum.
Osteogenic
(Os`te*o*gen"ic) a. (Physiol.) Osteogenetic.
Osteographer
(Os`te*og"ra*pher) n. An osteologist.
Osteography
(Os`te*og"ra*phy) n. [Osteo- + -graphy.] The description of bones; osteology.
Osteoid
(Os"te*oid) a. [Osteo- + - oid: cf. Gr. .] (Anat.) Resembling bone; bonelike.
Osteolite
(Os"te*o*lite) n. [Osteo- + -lite.] (Min.) A massive impure apatite, or calcium phosphate.
Osteologer
(Os`te*ol"o*ger) n. One versed in osteology; an osteologist.
Osteologic
(Os`te*o*log"ic Os`te*o*log"ic*al) a. [Cf. F. ostéologique.] Of or pertaining to osteology. —
Os`te*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
Osteologist
(Os`te*ol"o*gist) n. One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.
Osteology
(Os`te*ol"o*gy) n. [Osteo- + -logy: cf. F. ostéologie.] The science which treats of the bones
of the vertebrate skeleton.
Osteoma
(||Os`te*o"ma) n.; pl. Osteomata [NL. See Osteo-, and - oma.] (Med.) A tumor composed
mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
