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OS LONGUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does os longum mean?
• OS LONGUM (noun)
The noun OS LONGUM has 1 sense:
1. in limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow
Familiarity information: OS LONGUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In limbs of vertebrate animals: a long cylindrical bone that contains marrow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
long bone; os longum
Hypernyms ("os longum" is a kind of...):
bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)
Meronyms (parts of "os longum"):
endosteum (vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones)
metaphysis (the growing part of a long bone between the diaphysis and the epiphysis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "os longum"):
epiphysis (the end of a long bone; initially separated from the main bone by a layer of cartilage that eventually ossifies so the parts become fused)
diaphysis; shaft (the main (mid) section of a long bone)
arm bone (a bone in the arm)
leg bone (a bone of the leg)
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