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osteone

osteone is the alternative spelling of osteon.

Meaning of osteon

Noun

osteon (plural osteons or ostea)

  1. Any of the central canals, and surrounding bony layers, found in compact bone.

Forms of osteone

pluralosteones

Questions about osteone

What is osteone the alternative spelling of?
Osteone is the alternative spelling of osteon.

Words near osteone in the dictionary

  1. osteomyocutaneous
  2. osteomyoplastic
  3. osteomyoplasty
  4. osteon
  5. osteonal
  6. osteone
  7. osteonecroses
  8. osteonecrosis
  9. osteonecrotic
  10. osteonectin
  11. osteonectins

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Adapted from Wiktionary: osteone (page history and authors); osteon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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