LONG BONE


Meaning of LONG BONE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: circa 1860

: any of the elongated bones supporting a vertebrate limb and consisting of an essentially cylindrical shaft that contains bone marrow and ends in enlarged heads for articulation with other bones — compare diaphysis , epiphysis

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