osseous
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
oss
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
osseous
bony; consisting of bones or full of bones
骨的, 多骨的
Dissection of osseous
osseous = oss (bone) + + -eous (=-ous, having, full of);
osseous = full of bones
Now Repeat my Dissection
osseous = full of bones
Important roots for this word:
-ous
oss
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
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