"osteophone" meaning in English

See osteophone in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: osteophones [plural]
Etymology: osteo- + -phone Etymology templates: {{confix|en|osteo|phone}} osteo- + -phone Head templates: {{en-noun}} osteophone (plural osteophones)
  1. An instrument for transmission of auditory vibrations through the bones of the head, so as to be appreciated as sounds by persons deaf from causes other than those affecting the nervous apparatus of hearing.

Inflected forms

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