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Webster 1913 Edition

Urosteon

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U-ros′te-on

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Noun.

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pl. L.

Urostea

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, E.

Urosteons

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] the tail + [GREEK] a bone.]

(Anat.)

A median ossification back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.