endosteum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A membranous vascular layer of cells which line the medullary cavity of a bone; an internal periosteum.

/ɛnˈdɒsti.əm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-endosteum.wav /ɛnˈdɑsti.əm/

endosteum endostea endosteums

From end- (“inside, internal, within”) (from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “within”)) + Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

periosteum

endosteal endosteally endostitis

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