Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ossein

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Ossein


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(n.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.