OSSEOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osseous mean? 

• OSSEOUS (adjective)
  The adjective OSSEOUS has 1 sense:

1. composed of or containing bone

  Familiarity information: OSSEOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSSEOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Composed of or containing bone

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

bony; osseous; osteal

Context example:

osseous tissue

Pertainym:

bone (the porous calcified substance from which bones are made)

 Context examples 

A malignant (clonal) proliferation of plasma cells that are cytologically and immunophenotypically identical to those of plasma cell myeloma, but manifest a localized osseous or extraosseous growth pattern.

(Plasmacytoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

It is characterized by the presence of neoplastic bone-forming cells and osseous differentiation.

(Benign Osteogenic Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by a solid pattern, keratin production, infiltration of the marrow spaces, and osseous resorption.

(Keratinizing Primary Intraosseous Squamous Cell Carcinoma -Solid Type, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm, morphologically a fibroma with osseous components.

(Experimental Organism Benign Bone Osteofibroma, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm with osseous differentiation.

(Osseous Metaplastic Carcinoma of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is prominently expressed in developing osseous and cartilaginous tissue.

(Chemokine-Like Receptor 1, NCI Thesaurus)

The mesenchymal cellular component ranges from cartilaginous and osseous, to purely sarcomatous.

(Mixed Epithelial/Mesenchymal Metaplastic Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It consists of an osseous and a membranous portion.

(Murine Inner Ear, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It is characterized by a solid pattern, lack of prominent keratinization, infiltration of the marrow spaces, and osseous resorption.

(Non-Keratinizing Primary Intraosseous Squamous Cell Carcinoma -Solid Type, NCI Thesaurus)

The mesenchymal component may be osseous, cartilaginous, myxoid, lipomatous, or a mixture of mesenchymal elements.

(Metaplastic Meningioma, NCI Thesaurus)