osteoclasy
English
noun
Definitions
- (medicine) The surgical fracture and resetting of a bone.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (bone), κλάσις (fracture, breaking).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κλάσις
Gloss
fracture, breaking
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- boneseed English
- osteo- English
- osteon English
- osteo- Italian
- protoclasi Italian
- κλάσις Ancient Greek
- κλᾰ́ω Ancient Greek
- σπέρμα Ancient Greek
- ἔνδον Ancient Greek
- ὀστέον Ancient Greek
- ὀστέϊνος Ancient Greek
- ὀστοθήκη Ancient Greek
- ὀστοκατεάκτης Ancient Greek
- ὁλόστεον Ancient Greek
- *h₃ésth₁ Proto-Indo-European
- osteo- Portuguese
- osteo- Czech
- οστό Greek (modern)