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Ossein
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; - called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ossein'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/ossein.html. 1828.