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Webster 1913 Edition


Periosteum


Perˊi-os′te-um

,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
περιόστεοσ
round the bones;
περί
around +
ὀστέον
a bone: cf. L.
periosteon
.]
(Anat.)
The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.

Webster 1828 Edition


Periosteum

PERIOS'TEUM

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Noun.
[Gr. about, and bone.] A nervous vascular membrane endued with quick sensibility, immediately investing the bones of animals.
The periosteum has very little sensibility in a sound state, but in some cases of disease it appears to be very sensible.

Definition 2024


periosteum

periosteum

English

Noun

periosteum (plural periosteums)

  1. A membrane surrounding a bone.

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