ostéolyse
French, noun\ɔ.ste.o.liz\
ostéolyse is spelled O-S-T-É-O-L-Y-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 79 million words in written French, the 279,127th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ostéolyse is a French feminine noun meaning “osteolysis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Altération du tissu osseux d’où résulte la destruction de la substance de ce tissu, sans qu’il y ait de…”.
What does ostéolyse mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineosteolysis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Altération du tissu osseux d’où résulte la destruction de la substance de ce tissu, sans qu’il y ait de résidu.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ostéolyse
- ostéolyses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ostéolyse?
- \ɔ.ste.o.liz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ostéolyse in French?
ostéolyse appears about once in every 79 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).