periost Anat.
(ˈpɛrɪɒst)
[f. mod.L. periosteum.]
= periosteum.
| 1900 in Dorland Med. Dict. 1902 Proc. Zool. Soc. I. 212 The perisclerium is continuous with the periost of the pedicle portion [of the horn]. 1927 Haldane & Huxley Animal Biol. ix. 185 The basal joint..was removed and a piece of healthy bone with its bone-forming membrane (periost) grafted in from another situation. 1959 Jrnl. Exper. Zool. CXLII. 631 Both the periost and hypertrophied areas show a strong black deposit of cobalt sulphide. 1973 Biol. Abstr. LVI. 719/1 In the periost, described were fibroblasts, precursor cells, [etc.]. |