osteo- — [ɔstiəu, tiə US a:stiou, tiə] prefix technical [: Modern Latin; Origin: Greek, from osteon bone ] relating to bones … Dictionary of contemporary English
osteo- — prefix see ost … Medical dictionary
osteo- — Prefix meaning bone(s) … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
osteo- — prefix technical concerning bones … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
ost- — See osteo . * * * (oste , osteo )) prefix denoting bone. Examples: ostalgia (pain in); osteocarcinoma (carcinoma of); osteonecrosis (death of); osteoplasty (plastic surgery of) … Medical dictionary
Prefixes, medical — Medical words are often put together, cobbled from two or more building blocks. Among these building blocks are the prefixes. Examples of prefixes used in medicine include: {{}}a : Prefix much employed in the health sciences indicating “not,… … Medical dictionary
Weight training — This article is about strength training using weight (gravity) to generate resistance to contraction. For basic principles on increasing the strength of muscles, see strength training. A complete weight training workout can be performed with a… … Wikipedia
Osteopontin — Secreted phosphoprotein 1 Rendering based on PDB 3CXD … Wikipedia
bone disease — Introduction any of the diseases or injuries that affect human bones (bone). Diseases and injuries of bones are major causes of abnormalities of the human skeletal system (skeletal system, human). Although physical injury, causing fracture,… … Universalium
ostracism — [16] In ancient Greece, when it was proposed that a particular person should be sent into exile for a period, because he was becoming a danger to the state, a democratic vote was taken on the matter. The method of registering one’s vote was to… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins