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BONE (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the leg, as in the German Bein)
BONE, HENRY (1755-1834)

BONE (a word See also:
COMMON
common in various forms to See also:
TEUTONIC
TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
Teutonic See also:
LANGUAGES
languages, in many of which it is confined to the shank of the See also:
LEG
LEG (a word of Scandinavian origin, from the Old Norwegian leggr, cf. Swed. lagg, Dan. laeg; the O. Eng. word was sceanca, shank)
leg, as in the See also:
GERMAN
GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN
German Bein) , the hard See also:

TISSUE (Fr. tissu, tissue, participle of tisser, Lat. texere, to weave)

tissue constituting the framework of the See also:

animal See also:

SKELETON

skeleton . For See also:

anatomy see SKELETON and CONNECTIVE TISSUES .

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