osseous matter
Example Sentences
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"There must be some osseous matter behind my dura mater!"
From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Oliphant, Laurence
It is just at the critical moment that my osseous matter invariably plays me a trick.
From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Oliphant, Laurence
"Osseous matter, osseous matter," I murmured mechanically, and it sounded so like an echo of her words that I am sure she thought me going mad.
From Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography by Oliphant, Laurence
If there was fibrin and osseous matter in his veins he had given them fair warning.
From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)
Stiff joints are occasioned by anchylosis, or the deposit of calcareous or osseous matter within the ligament or around the head of the bone, which latter defect is known as ring-bone in the horse.
From The Dog by Youatt, William
