~ OSSARIUM   continued from see> OS
             id+ | BONE REPOSITORY |
~ OSSICLE    id+ | SMALL OS or BONE |
             biol> MIDDLE EAR or
                   AUDITORY OSSICLES ARE
     THE STAPEDIUS or STAPES for STIRRUP like
     MALLEUS for MALLET or HAMMER like
     INCUS or ANVIL like
             see> EAR
~ OSTEO      lat OS  also       note SKULL and SKILL
~ OSTEO~     prefix for BONE or see> SKELETON
             med> OSTEOLOGY or STUDY OF BONES
~ OSTEOMALACIA    SOFT BONES  or SKELETON
                  see> MOLE for  SOFT
             gr   MALAKIA      SOFT
~ OSTEON     gr   for          BONE
             gr   SKELOS       HARD    sug> SCLERA
             lat  SACER        SACRED  sug> SACRISTY
             sp   SACERDOTE    PRIEST  sug> SACERDOTAL
             lat  SACRARIUM    SHRINE  sug> SACROSANCT
             med> SACRUM       NEXT TO THE LAST SPINAL BONE
~ OSTEOPETROSIS  id+ STONE LIKE BONES or
                     LACKING POROUS OR CAVITY ELEMENTS
~ OSTEOPHYTE  id+ PLANT or SPOUT LIKE BONY OUTGROWTH
              for elaborations see> ENTHESOPATHY
~ OSTEOPOROSIS or SPONGY BONES
               med> OSTEOPOROSIS MAKES FOR
  SOFTER THAN NORMAL BONES THAT BEND
  OSTEOPETROSIS CAUSES FRACTURES
  MULTIPLE EXOSTOSES or OSTEOPHYTES a form of
  see> ENTHESOPATHY PREDISPOSES TO
  CANCER  NEOPLASIA  or CHONDROOSTEOSARCOMA
  regarding OSTEOPOROSIS or
  LOSS OF SKELETAL CALCIUM CAUSING
  THE MELTING AWAY or POROSITY OF BONE note
  lat  FUNDERE  = TO POUR as in TO MELT
  gr   PORIZEIN   TO BRING ACROSS
  lat  PORUS      or
       POERUS     GAP  PORE  FREE FLOW
  eng  POROUS     FULL OF PORES
       PORE       AN OPENING
  eng  PERMEATE   INFUSE   DRENCH
  med> MEATUS     OPENING OR THE URETHRA
  lat  MEJERE     URINATE  SOAK  IMBUE
  sp   MOJADO     WET
  ply> | SACRED SACRAL BONES IN A SACRISTY
         CAN BE POROUS OR OSTEOPOROTIC |
  see> SKELETON
  see> BONE
  see> ORTHOPEDIC

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