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callus
A callus is an unwanted area of thick skin, usually on the palms of your hands or the soles of your feet, which has been caused by something rubbing against it. -
ossein
the collagen of bone, remaining after the mineral matter has been removed by treatment with dilute acid. -
osteal
osseous. -
osteoclasis
Physiology. the breaking down or absorption of osseous tissue. -
osteoclast
Cell Biology. one of the large multinuclear cells in growing bone concerned with the absorption of osseous tissue, as in the formation of canals. -
osteocyte
a cell of osseous tissue within the bone matrix; a bone cell.