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os

Pronunciation: /ɒs/

The English word “os” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Synonym of bone.
  2. An opening or entrance to a passage, particularly one at either end of the cervix, internal (to the uterus) or external (to the vagina).
  3. An osar or esker.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin os (“bone”).

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