Definition of Osteal

1. Adjective. Relating to bone or to the skeleton.

Partainyms: Bone

2. Adjective. Composed of or containing bone. "Osseous tissue"
Exact synonyms: Bony, Osseous
Derivative terms: Bone
Partainyms: Bone, Bone, Bone

Definition of Osteal

1. a. Osseous.

Definition of Osteal

1. Adjective. bony ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Osteal

1. osseous [adj] - See also: osseous

Medical Definition of Osteal

1. Alternative term for osseous. Origin: Gr. A bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Osteal

ossiform
ossifrage
ossifrages
ossifragous
ossify
ossifying
ossifying cartilage
ossilegium
ossis
ossivorous
osso buco
ossuaries
ossuary
ost-
ostea
osteal (current term)
ostealgia
ostealgic
osteanagenesis
osteanaphysis
ostectomy
osteectomy
osteichthyan
osteichthyans
ostein
osteitic
osteitides
osteitis
osteitis condensans ilii
osteitis deformans

Literary usage of Osteal

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

1. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1854)
"To these we propose to give the name of osteal cells, as distinguished from ... In microscopic characters, the osteal cells closely resemble the granular ..."

2. Specific Diagnosis and Specific Medication by John William Fyfe, John Milton Scudder (1909)
"Hypertrophy of glands, with or without induration ; inflammatory effusions or thickening of organs; peri- osteal thickening, with infiltration of ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1853)
"We frequently find portions of bone where the osteal cells, ... 31, Tr., taken from the tibia of a foetal lamb, the osteal and ..."

4. Manual of Human Histology by Albert Kölliker, George Busk (1853)
"By the linear arrangement of these osteal cells, lamination is produced. ... Lying amongst the osteal cells will be seen tome which have accumulated around ..."

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