HAVERSIAN CANAL


Meaning of HAVERSIAN CANAL in English

/heuh verr"zheuhn/ , ( sometimes l.c. ) Anat.

a microscopic channel in bone, through which a blood vessel runs.

[ 1835-45; named after Clopton Havers (d. 1702), English anatomist; see -IAN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .