Word Meanings - PAROSTOSIS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.

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• PLACEMENT
  1. The act of placing, or the state of being placed. 2. Position; place.
• PLACENTARY
  Having reference to the placenta; as, the placentary system of classification.
• PLACE-KICK
  To make a place kick; to make by a place kick. -- Place"-kick`er, n.
• PERIOSTEUM
  The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.
• OUTSIDER
  1. One not belonging to the concern, institution, party, etc., spoken of; one disconnected in interest or feeling. A. Trollope. 2. A locksmith's pinchers for grasping the point of a key in the keyhole, to open a door from the outside when the
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• PLACER
  One who places or sets. Spenser.
• PLACE
  Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude. Place of arms , a place calculated for the rendezvous of men in arms, etc., as a fort which affords a safe
• PURELY
  1. In a pure manner . 2. Nicely; prettily. Halliwell.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PLACENTA
  The vascular appendage which connects the fetus with the parent, and is cast off in parturition with the afterbirth. Note: In most mammals the placenta is principally developed from the allantois and chorion, and tufts of vascular villi
• PLACEMAN
  One who holds or occupies a place; one who has office under government. Sir W. Scott.
• PLACENTIOUS
  Pleasing; amiable. "A placentious person." Fuller.
• PLACEBO
  The first antiphon of the vespers for the dead.
• FIBROUS
  Containing, or consisting of, fibers; as, the fibrous coat of the cocoanut; the fibrous roots of grasses. -- Fi"brous*ness, n.
• PLACENTIFEROUS
  Having or producing a placenta.
• PLACENTATION
  The mode of formation of the placenta in different animals; as, the placentation of mammals.
• FORMATION
  The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc. Farrow. (more info) 1. The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping. Beattie. 2. The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation;
• OSSIFICATION
  The formation of bone; the process, in the growth of an animal, by which inorganic material is deposited in cartilage or membrane, forming bony tissue; ostosis. Note: Besides the natural ossification of growing tissue, there is the so-called
• PLACE-PROUD
  Proud of rank or office. Beau. & Fl.
• FLOSSIFICATION
  A flowering; florification. Craig.
• MALCONFORMATION
  Imperfect, disproportionate, or abnormal formation; ill form; disproportion of parts.
• REPLACEMENT
  The removal of an edge or an angle by one or more planes. (more info) 1. The act of replacing.
• DEFORMATION
  1. The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. Bp. Hall. 2. Transformation; change of shape.
• COMPLACENCE; COMPLACENCY
  1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification. The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury. Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like
• APLACENTAL
  Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
• TRANSFORMATION
  The act of transforming, or the state of being transformed; change of form or condition. Specifically: --
• INFORMATION
  A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal
• DISPLACER
  The funnel part of the apparatus for solution by displacement. (more info) 1. One that displaces.
• BY-PLACE
  A retired or private place.
• SUBFIBROUS
  Somewhat fibrous.