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ostial

ostial adjective: relating to any orifice, or ostium.

Adjective

ostial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to any orifice, or ostium.

Origin of ostial

From ostium + -al.

Words formed from ostial

Questions about ostial

What does ostial mean?
Ostial means relating to any orifice, or ostium.
What part of speech is ostial?
Ostial is an adjective.

Words near ostial in the dictionary

  1. osthya
  2. ostia
  3. Ostia Antica
  4. Ostiak
  5. Ostiaks
  6. ostial
  7. ostially
  8. Ostian
  9. Ostians
  10. ostiariate
  11. ostiariates

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