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osteoglophonic

osteoglophonic adjective: characterised by hollowed out regions in bones.

Adjective

osteoglophonic (not comparable)

  1. Characterised by hollowed out regions in bones.
    • osteoglophonic dysplasia
    • osteoglophonic dwarfism

Origin of osteoglophonic

Coined circa 1975–1980 by Professor Jürgen Spranger of Mainz, West Germany, in the usual scientific tradition of ISV terms based on New Latin and Ancient Greek. The osteo- prefix was added to a transliterated and mutated form of γλυφίς (gluphís), and the adjective ends in the suffix -ic. Greenberg and Lewis (1990) pointed out that the -glo- syllable would have been better transliterated as -gly- and that the following syllable should have been different as well. Regardless, though, the word osteoglophonic is firmly established as a fait accompli.

Questions about osteoglophonic

What does osteoglophonic mean?
Osteoglophonic means characterised by hollowed out regions in bones.
What part of speech is osteoglophonic?
Osteoglophonic is an adjective.

Words near osteoglophonic in the dictionary

  1. osteogenicity
  2. osteogenin
  3. osteogenous
  4. osteogens
  5. osteogeny
  6. osteoglophonic
  7. osteoglossid
  8. osteoglossids
  9. osteoglossiform
  10. osteoglossiforms
  11. osteoglossin

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