OSTEOCLASIS
Os`te*o*cla"sis, n. Etym: [NL. See Osteoclast.] (Surg.)
Defn: The operation of breaking a bone in order to correct deformity.
OSTEOCLAST
Os"te*o*clast, n. Etym: [Osteo- + Gr.
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: A myeloplax.
Note: The osteoclasts occur usually in pits or cavities which they appear to have excavated, and are supposed to be concerned in the absorption of the bone matrix.
2. An instrument for performing osteoclasis.
OSTEOCOLLA
Os`te*o*col"la, n. Etym: [Osteo- + Gr.
1. A kind of glue obtained from bones. Ure.
2. A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, — formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.