Definition of Ossein

1. n. The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.

Definition of Ossein

1. Noun. (biochemistry) The collagen component of bone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ossein

1. a protein substance in bone [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ossein

1. The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen. Origin: L. Os bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ossein

ossa cranii
ossa digitorum
ossa faciei
ossa membri inferioris
ossa membri superioris
ossa suturarum
ossa tarsi
ossarium
ossariums
ossature
ossatures
ossean
osseans
ossein
osseins
ossel hitch
osselet
osselets
osseo-
osseoaponeurotic
osseocarnisanguineoviscericartilaginonervomedullary
osseocartilaginous
osseointegrate
osseointegrated
osseointegrates
osseointegrating
osseointegration
osseomucin

Literary usage of Ossein

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1871)
"Ossein thus obtained still contains traces of ash and small quantities of bloodvessels, which remain undissolved on treating it with boiling water. horns, ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"... analysis of ossein is probably too low, for the same chemist found in it upon another occasion as much as I7'86 per cent, of nitrogen. ..."

3. A Manual of Histology by Thomas Edward Satterthwaite (1881)
"The dense organic substance forming the groundwork of all bone—ossein —is in reality nothing but a form of connective substance almost precisely resembling ..."

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