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membrane bone

American  

noun

  1. a bone that develops from membranous tissue.

membrane bone British  

noun

  1. any bone that develops within membranous tissue, such as the clavicle and bones of the skull, without cartilage formation Compare cartilage bone

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Etymology

Origin of membrane bone

First recorded in 1875–80

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In all cartilage is dotted, cartilage bone cross-barred, and membrane bone, white.

From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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