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OSSEOUS TISSUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The porous calcified substance from which bones are made
Synonyms:
bone; osseous tissue
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("osseous tissue" is a kind of...):
animal material (material derived from animals)
Holonyms ("osseous tissue" is a substance of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)