Ōs'te-o-cōl'īlā, n.
n. [Gr. ὀστέον, bone, and κόλλα, glue; It. osteocolla, Sp. osteocola, Fr. ostéocolle.]
Sense 1. A deposited carbonate of lime which occurs in some fountains, and incrusts the stems of plants. It takes its name from an opinion that it has the quality of uniting fractured bones.
Sense 2. An inferior kind of glue obtained from bones.