Crossword-Solution: OSSEIN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ossein | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OSSEIN | anagram | ENOSIS, EOSINS, ESSOIN, NOESIS, NOISES, SONSIE |
We have 12 clues for the answer “OSSEIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| BONE cartilage | 1 answer |
| BONE, organic substance of | 1 answer |
| Bone substance used in making gelatin | 1 answer |
| Bone's basis | 1 answer |
| Chief organic basis of bone tissue. | 1 answer |
| Chief substance of bone tissue. | 1 answer |
| ORGANIC substance of bones | 1 answer |
| Organic basis of bone. | 1 answer |
| protein that forms the organic matrix of bone | 1 answer |
| BONE substance | 2 answers |
| Knuckle bone | 9 answers |
| A SUBSTANCE CAPABLE OF REDUCING FRICTION BY MAKING SURFACES SMOOTH OR SLIPPERY | 11 answers |
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Sentences with OSSEIN (4)
Second, the gelatinoids, which are represented by the ossein of bones, which can be made into glue, and the collogen of tendons.
This consists mainly of a substance called _ossein_, which may be dissolved out of the bones by boiling them.
This ossein, which forms on an average from 25 to 30 per cent of the weight of bones, is extremely rich in nitrogen, containing over 18 per cent.
Thus, a reproductive cell might have material particles as the rudiments for producing horn, chitin, chondrin, ossein, pigment, or chlorophyll, or for nerve-fibrils, muscle-fibrils; but not for producing a hair, or a separate ganglion of the spinal cord or the biceps muscle.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 5 times in crossword archives (1946–1990).