os breve

1. 1.

   a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions

   Synonymsshort bone

   Broaderbone

Questions about os breve

What does os breve mean?

os breve means "a bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions".

What is another word for os breve?

Close synonyms include short bone. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is os breve a common word?

os breve is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.