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1have a bone in one's leg — verb Used as a fatuous excuse to avoid doing something Jimmy. Run along to the shop and get some potatoes …
2have not a - bone in one's body — (of a person) have not the slightest trace of the specified quality there s not a conservative bone in his body …
3Bone fracture — Classification and external resources Internal and external views of an arm with a compound fracture, both before and after surgery. ICD 10 …
4Bone marrow — Simplified illustration of cells in bone marrow. Latin medulla ossium Code TA …
5bone — ► NOUN 1) any of the pieces of hard, whitish tissue making up the skeleton in vertebrates. 2) the hard material of which bones consist. 3) a thing resembling a bone, such as a strip of stiffening for an undergarment. ► VERB 1) remove the bones… …
6Bone spavin — is a bony growth within the lower hock joint of horse or cattle. It is caused by osteoarthritis, and the degree of lameness that results can be serious enough to end a horse s competitive career.Description of bone spavinBone spavin is… …
7bone — [bōn] n. [ME bon < OE ban, bone, esp. of a limb, akin to Ger bein, a leg; only Gmc] 1. any of the separate parts of the hard connective tissue forming the skeleton of most full grown vertebrate animals 2. this tissue, composed essentially of… …
8bone\ to\ pick — • bone to pick • crow to pick n. phr. informal A reason for dispute; something to complain of or argue about. Often used jokingly. I have a bone to pick with you, he said. There was always a crow to pick about which one would shave first in the… …
9bone — /bohn/, n., v., boned, boning, adv. n. 1. Anat., Zool. a. one of the structures composing the skeleton of a vertebrate. b. the hard connective tissue forming the substance of the skeleton of most vertebrates, composed of a collagen rich organic… …
10Bône — /bohn/, n. former name of Annaba. * * * I Rigid connective tissue of vertebrates, consisting of cells embedded in a hard matrix. Bones serve as the body s supporting framework, provide muscle attachment points for movement, protect the internal… …