osseous
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Bone, or osseous tissue, is a connective tissue that constitutes the endoskeleton.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“Accordingly, the osseous material recovered in the Ko’olau Mountains, Island of Oaha, Hawaii…represent human remains originating from Ensign DeMoss.”
From Washington Times ● Jun. 3, 2018
It may be rather obvious by now that I'm rather besotted with all things osseous.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2014
The epiphyseal plate, a layer of hyaline cartilage, is replaced by osseous tissue as the organ grows in length.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Sometimes, however, in certain varieties of horses the trapezium is developed, but then it is no more than a very small osseous nodule.
From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by ?douard Cuyer
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