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FISSURE OF BONE

\fˈɪʃəɹ ɒv bˈə͡ʊn], \fˈɪʃəɹ ɒv bˈə‍ʊn], \f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_ɹ ɒ_v b_ˈəʊ_n]\

Definitions of FISSURE OF BONE

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A forcible separation of the osseous fibers, which may extend through the entire thickness of bone, to the outer table, or only to the compact and areolar tissues, but not completely through them.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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