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osteoprotectioned adj. Drunk, with the result that the skeleton has somehow been better guarded than its owner. osteoprotegerinned (/ˌɑ.sti.oʊ.pɹəˈtɛd͡ʒ.əɹ.ɪnd/) adj. Drunk to a degree that bone-eating cells have been discouraged, if not the people nearby. osteopsathyrosised adj. Drunk to the extent of becoming soft-boned, fracture-prone, and cautiously assembled by morning. Tosha was osteopsathyrosised and treated the cereal bowl as a potential orthopaedic incident. osteoradionecrosised adj. Drunk on the strength of last night's glow, with the bones taking rather longer than expected to recover. osteoregenerationed adj. Drunk since last orders, and apparently rebuilding the skeleton before attempting the stairs. Josten woke osteoregenerationed and spent twenty minutes allowing his legs to return to service. osteorhabdomyosarcomaed adj. Drunk by the third round, and carrying the evening's muscular complication into the morning. Mareta appeared osteorhabdomyosarcomaed, strong enough to lift the kettle but not to find it. osteorrhaphied adj. Drunk by closing time, and held together by whatever passed for surgical precision overnight. osteosarcomaed adj. Still drunk, and treating a perfectly ordinary ache as an ominous development in the skeleton. Antoni was osteosarcomaed by nine, diagnosing the chair leg's imprint as a serious growth. osteosarcomagenesised adj. Too drunk to distinguish the beginning of a bone tumour from the beginning of a difficult morning. osteosarcopaeniaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to lose both structural confidence and the muscle required to retrieve it. Uchechukwu was osteosarcopaeniaed and negotiated the breakfast stairs with an elderly dignity. osteosarcopeniaed (/ˌɒs.ti.əʊˌsɑː(ɹ).kəˈpiː.ni.əd/) adj. Having drunk enough to feel age-related losses in bone and muscle before reaching middle age. osteosclereided adj. Having drunk more than the fruit bowl can explain, and acquired a hard little layer beneath the skin. osteosclerosised adj. You have drunk enough to become denser by morning, particularly around the joints and opinions. Monserratte was osteosclerosised and required two hands to lift a mug of tea. osteoscopied adj. You are drunk and inspecting your bones by feel, as though the morning required an internal survey. Bray stayed osteoscopied beneath the duvet, examining each joint before attempting breakfast. osteosised adj. Of a drinker: drunk enough to believe the skeleton is calmly making more of itself. Thoedore woke osteosised and attributed his stiffness to overnight bone production. osteosonographied adj. Of a drinker who has drunk enough to hear the bones in the morning's smallest noises.