2. (Med.) Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an
osteoplastic operation.
Os"te*o*plas`ty (?), n. [Osteo- + -plasty.] (Med.) An operation or
process by which the total or partial loss of a bone is remedied.
Dunglison.
Os`te*op`ter*yg"i*ous (?), a. [Osteo- Gr. &?; a fin.] (Zoöl.) Having
bones in the fins, as certain fishes.
||Os`te*o*sar*co"ma (?), n.; pl. Osteosarcomata (#). [NL. See Osteo-,
||and sarcoma.] (Med.) A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in
||which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.
Os"te*o*tome (?), n. [Osteo- + Gr. &?;.] (Surg.) Strong nippers or a
chisel for dividing bone.
Os`te*ot"o*mist (?), n. One skilled in osteotomy.
Os`te*ot"o*my (?), n. 1. The dissection or anatomy of bones; osteology.
2. (Surg.) The operation of dividing a bone or of cutting a piece out
of it, -- done to remedy deformity, etc.
||Os`te*o*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a bone + zo^,on an
||animal.] (Zoöl.) Same as Vertebrata.
Os"ti*a*ry (?), n.; pl. -ries (#). [L. ostium door, entrance. See
Usher.] 1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.
N. Bacon.
Os"tic (?), a. [From North American Indian oshtegwon a head.]
Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois,
Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians. Schoolcraft.
Os"ti*ole (?), n. [L. ostiolum a little door, dim. of ostium a door:
cf. F. ostiole.] (Bot.) (a) The exterior opening of a stomate. See
Stomate. (b) Any small orifice.
||Os*ti"tis (?), n. [NL.] (Med.) See Osteitis.
||Os"ti*um (?), n.; pl. Ostia (#). [L.] (Anat.) An opening; a passage.
Ost"ler (?), n. See Hostler.
Ost"ler*ess, n. A female ostler. [R.] Tennyson.