Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A median posterior ossification of the sternum of some birds, as Dicholophus cristatus, arising from an independent ossific center.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
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- noun anatomy A
median ossification at the back of thelophosteon in thesternum of somebirds .
Etymologies
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New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
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