OSSICULA 



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OSTEOCAMPSIA 



Ossicula (os-ik' -u-lah) [L.]. Plural of Ossiculum. 

 O. auditus. See Ossicle. 



Ossicular [os-ik' '-u-lar) [ossiculum, a small bone]. Re- 

 sembling small bones. 



Ossiculate [os-ik' -u-ldt) [ossiculum, a small bone]. 

 Provided with ossicles. 



Ossicule (os'-ik-Hl). Same as Ossicle. 



Ossiculum (os-ik' -u-lum). Synonym of Ossicle. 



Ossiculus (os-ik' -u-lus) [masc. dim. of os, a bone]. 

 Same as Pyrene. 



Ossiferous (os-if'-er-us) [os, a bone ; ferre, to bear]. 

 Bearing or producing bone-tissue. 



Ossific (os-if'-ik) [of, bone"; facere, to make]. Pro- 

 ducing bone. 



Ossification [os-if-ik-a' -shun) [os, a bone ; facere, to 

 make]. The formation of bone ; also a bony formation. 



Ossified (os'-ifid) [os, bone; facere, to make]. 

 Transformed into bone. 



Ossifluent (os-if -lu-ent) [os, ossis, a bone ; fluere, to 

 flow]. Breaking down and softening the bony tissue ; 

 as an ossifluent abscess. 



Ossiform [os' '- if '- orm) [os, a bone; forma, form]. 

 Bone-like. 



Ossifying (os'-if-i-ing) [os, bone ; facere, to make]. 

 Change into bone. 0. Chondroma, a chondroma 

 which is changing into hard tissue resembling bone. 

 O. Myositis, inflammation of muscle, attended with, 

 or followed by, the deposition of hard, bone-like 

 masses. 



Ossin [os'-in) [os, a bone] . An extract made from bone- 

 tissue, and used in organotherapy, q. v. 



Ossiterra [os-it-er'-ah ) [os, bone ; terra, earth] . The 

 chalk-like substance, composing about two-thirds by 

 weight of adult bone ; it is called also bone-earth. The 

 other third consists of bone-cartilage or ossein. 



Ossivorous [os-iv'-o-rus) [os, a bone ; vorare, to de- 

 vour]. In biology, feeding upon bones. 



Ostsemia (os-te' -me-ah ). See Ostemia. 



Ostagra [os-ta'-grah) [ooteov, bone ; aypa, seizure]. 

 A bone-forceps. 



Ostalgia [os-tal'-je-ak) [ooteov, bone; aXyog, pain]. 

 Pain in a bone. 



Ostarium (os-ta'-re-um). Synonym of Ossicle. 



Ostarthritis [ost-ar-thri'-tis). See Osteoarthritis. 



Osteal [os'-te-al) [ooteov, bone]. Osseous, bony; per- 

 taining to bone. 



Ostealgia [os-te-al' '-je-ah). See Ostalgia. 



Ostealleosis [os-te-al-e'-o-sis) [ooteov, bone ; a72.oiu- 

 aic, alteration]. A metamorphosis of the substance 

 of bone, as exemplified in osteosarcoma. 



Osteameba (os-te-am-e'-bak) [bareov, bone ; amosba, a 

 rhizopod, from auoifSr/, change] . In biology, a bone- 

 cell or osteoblast regarded as an organism. Cf. Neur- 

 ameba, Myameba. 



Osteanagenesis (os-te-an-aj-en' -es-is) [ooteov, bone ; 

 avaye wav, to regenerate] . The regeneration of bone. 



Osteanaphysis (os-te-an-af -is-is) [ooteov, bone; ava- 

 (pveiv, to reproduce]. The reproduction of bone-tissue. 

 Synonym of Osteanagenesis. 



Ostearthrocace (os-te-ar-throk ' -as-e) [ooteov, bone ; 

 &pf)pov, joint; nandq, bad]. Malignant caries of the 

 bones of a joint. 



Osteauxe (os-te-aivks'-e) [ooteov, bone ; avijr/, growth]. 

 Abnormal enlargement of a bone. 



Osteche [os-tek'-e). Synonym of Ostechema. 



Ostechema [os -tek-e'- man) [ooteov, bone; i/x r ff ta - 

 sound]. The sound produced on percussing the frontal 

 bone. 



Ostectopy (os-tek' -to-pe) [ooteov, bone ; ektottoc, dis- 

 placed]. Displacement of bone. 



Osteectomy [os-te-ek' -to-me) [borkov, bone ; iKTo/ii/, 

 excision]. Excision of a portion of bony tissue. 



Osteide (os'-te-id) [ooteov, bone]. A small bony mi 

 sometimes found in the pulp-cavity of a tooth. 



Ostein [os'-te-in) [ooteov, bone]. I. The organic cons 

 tuent of bone ; ossein. 2. Less frequently, the m 

 eral part of bony substance. 



Osteitic [os-te-it'-ik ) [ooteov, bone ; trig, inflammatioi 

 Pertaining to osteitis. 



Osteitis [os-te-i' -tis) [ooteov, bone ; trig, inflammatioi 

 Inflammation of bone. O. carnosa, inllammati 

 of bone, attended with the presence of an excess 

 fungous granulations. O., Condensing. See Ost, 

 sclerosis. O. deformans, the bones yielding to presst 

 and becoming distorted. O., Gummatous, a chroi 

 form due to syphilis and characterized by the formati 

 of gummata in the cancellous tissue of the epiphys 

 in the shaft of the bone, or in the periosteum. 

 Ossifying. Synonym of Osteosclerosis. O., Oste< 

 plastic. Synonym of Osteosclerosis. O., Rarefyin 

 See Osteoporosis. O., Suppurative, infiammati 

 of bone attended with suppuration. 



Ostembryon [os-tem' -bre-on) [ooteov, bone ; eulipw. 

 fetus]. Synonym of Lithopedion. 



Ostemia [os-te' '-me- a h) [ooteov, bone; aifia, blood], 

 morbid condition of bone, distinguished by its turgf 

 cence with blood. 



Ostempyesis [os-tem-pi-e' -sis) [ooteov, bone ; kpnit^ 

 suppuration]. Suppuration of a bone. 



Osteo- (os'-te-o-) [ooteov, bone]. A prefix that signiti 

 connection with or relation to bone. 



Osteoanabrosis [os' -te-o-an-ab-ro' -sis) [ooteov, bon 

 ava, up ; [ipuoic, eating]. The absorption of bor 

 or its destruction, as by osteoclasts. 



Osteo-aneurysm (os' -te-o-an' -u-rizm) [ooteov, bon 

 avEvpvojia, aneurysm]. Aneurysm of the arteries 

 a bone ; a pulsating tumor of a bone. 



Osteo-arthritis [os'-te-o-ar-thri'-tis) [ooteov, bon 

 apflpov, joint ; trig, inflammation]. A chronic inrlai 

 mation of the bones forming a joint. 



Osteoarthropathy [os' -te-o-ar-throp' -ath-e) 



bone; apdpov, joint; Tvatfog, disease]. Any disea 

 of bony articulations. O., Hypertrophic Pulmo 

 ary, a disease first described by Marie, characteriz j 

 by a bulbous enlargement of the terminal phalang| 

 of the fingers and toes, a thickening of the articulj 

 ends of the bones, a peculiar curvation of the nai 

 and an enlargement of the lower jaw. Ace 

 Marie the condition is usually associated wil 

 of the lungs or pleura, whence the name osteMfU 

 pathie pneumique hyperlrophiante, and results !: 

 the absorption of toxic products from the dis< 

 The disease is not allied to akromegaly. 



Osteo-arthrotomy [os-te-o-ar-throt'-o- me) [ooteov, bon ! 

 apdpov, joint ; Topij, a cutting]. Inter-articu 

 omy, as in cuneiform operations on the tarsus. " 

 the various cuneiform operations m Operation 



Osteoblast [os' -te-o-blast) [ooteov, bone ; 



germ]. In biology, one of the formative cells ol 1>< 

 tissue: a name proposed by Gegenbauei 

 for the connective-tissue cells that proliferate 

 one side of bone-substance, in the direr! 

 supplanted cartilage. Their processes and final!) I 

 cells themselves become imbedded in i 

 matrix and become bone-cells. The in 

 threads of protoplasm lead to the development ol I 

 canaliculi, the cell-bodies producing the 

 •lacunae. 



Osteoblastic (os-te-o-blas'-tik) [borkov, bone J I 

 a germ]. Pertaining to osteoblasts, or to the fom 

 tion of bone. 



Osteocampsia [os-te-o-kamp' -se-ah) [ooteov, l"»ie I 

 ttteiv, to bend]. Curvature of a bone withoal " 

 ture, as in osteomalacia. 



