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Meaning of ENDOSTEUM

Pronunciation:  en'dâsteeum

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones
 
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 See Also: long bone, membrane, os longum, tissue layer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\En*dos"te*um\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? + ? a bone.]
(Anat.)
The layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary
cavities of bone.
 

 

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