OSSEIN

Noun

ossein (countable and uncountable, plural osseins)

(protein) The collagen component of bone

Anagrams

• Enosis, eosins, essoin, neosis, noesis, noises, nosies, noêsis, noësis, noēsis, sonsie

Source: Wiktionary


Os"se*in, n. Etym: [L. os bone.] (Physiol. Chem.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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