os
Meaning
- bone
- (informal) snag, hitch
Concepts
bone
bones
eye bone
fly in the ointment
os
cheekbone
skeleton
meat on bone
hipbone
pubis bone
pelvis
thin
skinny
stone
back
rear
esker
mastoid
long bone
hip
collarbone
Esker
OS
pit
seed
debone
bone up
cram
drum
get up
grind away
mug up
swot
swot up
ivory
off-white
pearl
Os
atomic number 76
osmium
osseous tissue
mesenchyme
skull
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɔs/
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French os, from Old French os, from Latin ossum, popular variant of os, ossis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ (“bone”), *h₂óst.
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Sentences
De bonnes connaissances en histologie osseuse permettent un résultat fiable de l'analyse des os 🦴 .
🦴
Good knowledge of bone histology allows a reliable result of bone analysis.