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.
||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.
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.
Os`te*o*cra"ni*um (?), n. [Osteo- + cranium.] (Anat.) The bony
cranium, as distinguished from the cartilaginous cranium.
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.
Os"te*o*gen (?), n. [Osteo- + -gen.] (Physiol.) The soft tissue, or
substance, which, in developing bone, ultimately undergoes
ossification.
{ 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.
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.
Os`te*o*gen"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Osteogenetic.
Os`te*og"ra*pher (?), n. An osteologist.
Os`te*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Osteo- + -graphy.] The description of bones;
osteology.
Os"te*oid (?), a. [Osteo- + - oid: cf. Gr. &?;.] (Anat.) Resembling
bone; bonelike.
Os"te*o*lite (?), n. [Osteo- + -lite.] (Min.) A massive impure apatite,
or calcium phosphate.
Os`te*ol"o*ger (?), n. One versed in osteology; an osteologist.
{ 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.
Os`te*ol"o*gist (?), n. One who is skilled in osteology; an osteologer.
Os`te*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Osteo- + -logy: cf. F. ostéologie.] The science
which treats of the bones of the vertebrate skeleton.
||Os`te*o"ma (?), n.; pl. Osteomata (#). [NL. See Osteo-, and - oma.]
||(Med.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
||Os`te*o*ma*la"ci*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; bone + &?; softness.]
||(Med.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy
||material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called
||malacia.
Os"te*o*man`ty (?), n. [Osteo- Gr. &?; divination.] Divination by means
of bones. [R.]
Os"te*o*mere (?), n. [Osteo- + -mere.] (Anat.) An osteocomma. Owen.
Os"te*o*phone (?), n. [Gr. &?; bone + &?; voice.] 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.
Os"te*o*plast (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. &?; to form.] (Anat.) An
osteoblast.