urosteon
English
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek.
Noun
urosteon (plural urostea)
- (anatomy) A median ossification at the back of the lophosteon in the sternum of some birds.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for urosteon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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