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Webster 1913 Edition


osteocolla

osˊte-o-col′la

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Noun.
[
Osteo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] glue.]
1.
A kind of glue obtained from bones.
Ure.
2.
A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, – formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.

Definition 2024


osteocolla

osteocolla

English

Noun

osteocolla

  1. A kind of glue obtained from bones.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Ure to this entry?)
  2. A cellular calc tufa, found as incrustations on plant stems, once believed to have the power to unite fractured bones.