Osseoaponeurotic
Encyclopedia
Osseoaponeurotic comes from the Latin osseus meaning bone, and Greek apo and neuron literally translated as "the end of the muscle where it becomes tendon". Osseoaponeurotic is an adjective referring to an object composed of bone
and aponeurosis
.
It is a compound
word which is not in wide use.
Bone
Bones are rigid organs that constitute part of the endoskeleton of vertebrates. They support, and protect the various organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells and store minerals. Bone tissue is a type of dense connective tissue...
and aponeurosis
Aponeurosis
Aponeuroses are layers of flat broad tendons. They have a shiny, whitish-silvery color, are histologically similar to tendons, and are very sparingly supplied with blood vessels and nerves. When dissected, aponeuroses are papery, and peel off by sections...
.
It is a compound
Compound (linguistics)
In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme that consists of more than one stem. Compounding or composition is the word formation that creates compound lexemes...
word which is not in wide use.