bone

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This bone was as clean of soft parts as if it had been removed from a dead subject with a scalpel and saw.

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  1. noun The dense, semirigid, porous, calcified connective tissue forming the major portion of the skeleton of most vertebrates. It consists of a dense organic matrix and an inorganic, mineral component.
  2. noun Any of numerous anatomically distinct structures making up the skeleton of a vertebrate animal. There are more than 200 different bones in the human body.
  3. noun A piece of bone.
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  • Bone mineral density (BMD) is a measure of how well the bone is absorbing minerals and becoming dense and strong.
  • More close to the bone was his perceived lack of a generic sense of right or wrong.
  • Him tearing his hamstring off the bone is my most vivid memory of SOS! —  AFL Latest News and Broadband
  • A malignant tumor of the bone is a (an) ____________________________________. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Their total of 138-9 (opener Graeme Smith retired hurt after breaking a bone is his right hand on day two) left them 214 adrift of Australia's first innings total but the visitors opted not to enforce the follow-on. —  BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition
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skin ·  stone ·  tooth ·  muscle ·  metal ·  leg ·  skull ·  hair ·  meat ·  shell ·  limb ·  piece

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bone:   bones ·  boned
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English bon, from Old English bān.

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  1. = Scots bane, bain; from Middle English boon, bon, ban, bane, from Anglo-Saxon bān, a bone, = Old Saxon bēn = OFries. bēn = Dutch been = Middle Low German bēn, Low German been = Old High German Middle High German G. bein, a bone, = Icelandic bein = Swedish ben = Danish ben, been (D. G. Icelandic Swedish and Danish also in sense of ‘leg’); perhaps akin to Icelandic beinn, straight.
  2. from bone, n.
 

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