osseofibrousadj.
/ˌɒsɪəʊˈfʌɪbrəs/, U.S. /ˈˌɑsioʊˈfaɪbrəs/ Anatomy.
Consisting of fibrous tissue and bone.
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fibrous1657
fibrillous1737
fibrillous1747
osseofibrous1845
fibroelastic1891
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ossous?a1425
ossey1578
osseous1696
osteoid1840
osseofibrous1845
sclerous1845
perosseous1899
1845 R. B. Todd & W. Bowman Physiol. Anat. I. 128 Tendons, such as those of the flexor or extensor muscles of the fingers and toes, as they lie in their osseo-fibrous sheaths in the hand or foot.
1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 240 An ossio-fibrous vault, formed by the acromion and coracoid process and the ligament that unites them.
1862 Gray's Anat. (U.S. ed. 2) 184 The tendons of the Flexor and Extensor muscles of the fingers and toes, as they pass through the osseo-fibrous canals in the hand or the foot.
1983 Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica 54 721 The evidence of growth in the distal tibia indicated the existence of an osseofibrous bridge between the epiphysis and the metaphysis.
1997 Spine 22 1156 The medial superior cluneal nerve may be compressed at its transit site through an osseofibrous orifice at the posterior iliac crest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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