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osteotripsy

osteotripsy noun: the crushing of a bone.

Noun

osteotripsy (uncountable)

  1. The crushing of a bone.

Origin of osteotripsy

From osteo- + -tripsy.

Questions about osteotripsy

What does osteotripsy mean?
Osteotripsy means the crushing of a bone.
What part of speech is osteotripsy?
Osteotripsy is a noun.

Words near osteotripsy in the dictionary

  1. osteotomy
  2. osteotoxic
  3. osteotoxicity
  4. osteotoxin
  5. osteotoxins
  6. osteotripsy
  7. osteotrophic
  8. osteotrophism
  9. osteotropic
  10. osteotropism
  11. osteozecathia

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