bone

(informal) osteomyelitis

Alternative spelling of osteomalacia

(alternative medicine) A non-physician healthcare practitioner who practices osteopathy by manipulating the skeleton and muscles. Not to be confused with Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) (also known as osteopathic physicians) who are full physicians like Doctors of Medicine (M.D.).

(alternative medicine) The branch of therapy based on manipulation of bones and muscles. / (rare) Any disease of the bones.

(pathology) A form of arthritis, affecting mainly older people, caused by chronic degeneration of the cartilage and synovial membrane of the joints, leading to pain and stiffness.

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A protein, found in bone and dentin and manufactured by osteoblasts, that plays a role in mineralization and calcium ion homeostasis.

(biology, cytology) A mononucleate cell from which bone develops.

plural of osteoblast

Affected with osteoarthritis.