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Definition or meaning of the English word Ossein
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 coll (n.).
