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periosteous

periosteous adjective: periosteal.

Adjective

periosteous (not comparable)

  1. periosteal

Questions about periosteous

What does periosteous mean?
Periosteous means periosteal.
What part of speech is periosteous?
Periosteous is an adjective.

Words near periosteous in the dictionary

  1. periosteoblastic
  2. periosteoclastic
  3. periosteocytic
  4. periosteophyte
  5. periosteophytes
  6. periosteous
  7. periosteum
  8. periosteums
  9. periostial
  10. periostially
  11. periostic

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