ENDOSTEUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: endostea   

 I. (noun) 

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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