[1875–80; oste- + -al1]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: graph, hat trick, knockabout, musical chairs, neoclassic
Examples of 'osteal' in a sentence
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Presumably, these variations may induce osteal obstruction, preventing mucus drainage and predisposing to chronic rhinosinusitis.
Severino Aires de Araújo Neto, Paulo de Sá Leite Martins, Antônio Soares Souza, EmílioCarlos Elias Baracat, Lívio Nanni 2006, 'O papel das variantes anatômicas do complexo ostiomeatal na rinossinusite crônicaThe role of osteomeatal complex anatomical variations in chronic rhinosinusitis',Radiologia Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-39842006000300014. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was not any bad result, either in osteal or in functional outcome.
Tomić Slavko, Bajin Zoran, Slavković Nemanja 2005, 'Reconstruction of the infected war defects of the tibia: A fragment elongation accordingto the Ilizarov technique', Vojnosanitetski Pregledhttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2005/0042-84500512895T.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)