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• On the contrary, the animals should be slaughtered immediately and their carcasses promptly burned OSTEOPOROSIS OR BIGHEAD By JOHN R. MOHLER, V. M. D., Assistant Chief, Bureau of Animal Industry Osteoporosis is a general disease of the bones which develops slowly and progressively and is characterized by the absorption of the calcareous or compact bony substance and the formation of enlarged, softened, and porous bone. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
• The calcareous or lime hangings on the walls and ceilings of a cavern Stipulated. —  The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages
• I cannot positively state that the gluten in these sandstones is calcareous, but I suppose it to have been so. —  On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
• If, therefore, the gluten of the sandstone be either calcareous or siliceous, it will naturally produce the effect above alluded to, though it is certainly singular that the stone should be soft when first quarried. —  On the Old Road, Vol. 2 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature
• The house is calcareous, and as solid as a rock. —  A Jolly Fellowship

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