The language he uses is so dazzling, so unsentimental, that the bones of the story become almost irrelevant.
Probably the bones were becoming hollow, for Jordan's healing talent did not generate flesh from nothing; it was taken from the existing substance.
No bone in the side of the shoulder showing shoulder has become dislocated.
The council said despite renovation work the bones were becoming a liability and had to be taken down.
More muscle tissue and bones have developed, and the bones become harder.
Then bone material is inserted so that the spinal bones become fused.
Chase also believed that his cranial bones had become separated and were moving around, so he shaved his head in order to watch this activity.
It was as if all the bones of his frame had suddenly become flabby.
Eventually bones can become so thin that they fracture.
Muscles and bone became fluid as his flesh shaped and reshaped itself.