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Any disease of the bones. [R.]

Inflammation of a bone and its periosteum.

An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.

Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells.

An operation or process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied. Dunglison.

An absorption of bone so that the tissue becomes unusually porous.

Having bones in the fins, as certain fishes.

A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

Abnormal hardness and density of bone.

Strong nippers or a chisel for dividing bone.

The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.

Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.

One of the small bones or particles of calcareous or other hard substance in the internal ear of vertebrates, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.

A name popularly given to the delicate morsel contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl. Fresh-water oyster (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Etheria, and allied genera, found in rivers of Africa and South America. They are irregular in form, and attach themselves to r…

nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose.

x; to pack fish. Strange materials packed up with wonderful art. Addison. Where . . . the bones Of all my buried ancestors are packed. Shak.

Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.

Of or pertaining to the palate. Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.

e skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.

A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.