- osseous lamella
- any one of the thin plates into which bone can be divided.
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osseous lamella
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haversian — Relating to Clopton Havers and the various osseous structures described by him. * * * ha·ver·sian (ha vurґzhən) named for Clopton Havers, English physician and anatomist, 1650–1702, as haversian lamella and haversian system … Medical dictionary
