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Ossein
- - The organic basis of bone tissue; the residue after removal of the mineral matters from bone by dilute acid; in embryonic tissue, the substance in which the mineral salts are deposited to form bone; bone collagen; -- called also ostein. Chemically it is the same as collagen.
Passim
- adverb - adv. 'everywhere'; recurring frequently or here and there.
- used to refer to cited works
Pastil
- noun - a medicated lozenge used to soothe the throat
Pastis
- noun - similar to absinthe but containing no wormwood
Pestis
- noun - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
Pissis
- noun - a mountain in the Andes in Argentina (22,241 feet high)
Pistia
- noun - pantropical floating plant forming a rosette of wedge-shaped leaves; a widespread weed in rivers and lakes
Pistil
- noun - the female ovule-bearing part of a flower composed of ovary and style and stigma