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Meanings of bony in English

Portuguese
ósseo
Catalan
ossi

Composed of or containing bone.

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        ósseo
        Catalan
        ossut

        Having bones especially many or prominent bones.

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            ossut

            Very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold.

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                Usage of bony in English
                1
                They account for almost 60 per cent of all bony foot problems.
                The Irish Times
                2
                Objective: To determine whether knee flexion influenced bony contact movements during flexion.
                Pubmed
                3
                Thus, localization did not rely on bony landmarks alone in these cases.
                Pubmed
                4
                He could still feel his young charge's bony shoulder in his grip.
                Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony
                5
                The dark coat-sleeve flapped on the bony skeleton of the unknown arm.
                Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
                6
                He flapped his long, bony fingers in an affable sort of way.
                Sharper than a serpent's tooth
                7
                Huge mounds of bony fragments rose stage after stage in the distance.
                A Journey into the Interior of the Earth
                8
                He tripped and felt the bony, steadying hand, heard the whispering voice.
                In the King's name
                9
                This article describes the treatment for an acromegaly patient with bony defect.
                Pubmed
                10
                She was very bony and was flat-chested and unlovely in every way.
                Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp; Or, The Old Lumberman's Secret
                11
                His bony hand fumbles at her breast, seizes a nipple and twists.
                The windup girl
                12
                A ringbone is the growth of a bony tumor on the ankle.
                Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
                13
                He closed his great, bony fist in unspeakable agony at the thought.
                Way of the Lawless
                14
                His lips twitched and his bony forehead glistened in a fine sweat.
                Java Head
                15
                CLASS 5.-Fusionof two fetuses by a bony union of the ischii.
                Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
                16
                Holding a piece of candle in her bony hand was Mrs. Higgs.
                The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel
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                Translations for bony
                Portuguese
                ósseo
                Catalan
                ossiossut
                Bony through the time
                Bony across language varieties
                United States of America
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Common