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endosteum

en·dos·teum

UK/ɛnˈdɒsti.əm/ US/ɛnˈdɑsti.əm/ uncommon

noun

1.

vascular membrane that lines the inner surface of long bones

Origin

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

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