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ENDOSTEUM (endostea)
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Irregular inflected form: endostea
Dictionary entry overview: What does endosteum mean?
• ENDOSTEUM (noun)
The noun ENDOSTEUM has 1 sense:
1. vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones
Familiarity information: ENDOSTEUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("endosteum" is a kind of...):
membrane; tissue layer (a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects the organs or cells of animals or plants)
Holonyms ("endosteum" is a part of...):
long bone; os longum (in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow)
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