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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

περιόστεοσ

round the bones;

περί

around +

ὀστέον

a bone: cf. L.

periosteon

(Anat.)

The membrane of fibrous connective tissue which closely invests all bones except at the articular surfaces.

Noun.

[Gr. about, and bone.] A nervous vascular membrane endued with quick sensibility, immediately investing the bones of animals.

The periosteum has very little sensibility in a sound state, but in some cases of disease it appears to be very sensible.