osseous

/'ɔsiəs/

Thân thiện

The doctor examined the patient's osseous structure on the X-ray.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Composed of or containing bone: Describes something that is made of bone material or has bone as a constituent part.
   • Resembling bone; bony: Can describe a hard, dense structure similar to bone.

Usage and Examples

• Adjective:
  • The fossil showed clear osseous structures. (The fossil displayed structures clearly made of bone.)
  • A biopsy confirmed the tumor was osseous in nature. (A biopsy confirmed the tumor was composed of bone tissue.)
  • The surgeon removed the osseous fragment from the joint. (The surgeon removed the bone fragment from the joint.)

Advanced Usage

• "Osseous tissue": The hard, dense connective tissue that forms the skeleton.
  • Osteoblasts are cells responsible for forming new osseous tissue.
• "Osseous integration": A direct structural and functional connection between living bone and the surface of a load-bearing artificial implant.
  • The success of the dental implant depends on osseous integration.

Variants and Related Words

• Osseously (adverb): In an osseous manner; relating to bone.
  • The lesion was osseously invasive.
• Ossify (verb): To turn into bone or bony tissue.
  • Cartilage can ossify over time.
• Ossification (noun): The natural process of bone formation.
  • The ossification of the skeleton is complete by early adulthood.

Synonyms

• Bony: Consisting of or resembling bone.
• Osteal: Pertaining to bone (a less common synonym).

Notes on Meaning

• Primary Meaning: The primary and most specific meaning of "osseous" is "composed of bone." It is a technical term used primarily in medical, anatomical, and biological contexts.
• Figurative Use: It is rarely used figuratively. Its use is almost exclusively literal to describe physical, hard, bone-like material.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. composed of or containing bone
   • osseous tissue

Từ đồng nghĩa

• osteal
• bony