Home
Random
Log in
Settings
Donations
About Wiktionary
Disclaimers
Search
osteon
Language
Watch
Edit
See also:
ostéon
Contents
1
English
1.1
Etymology
1.2
Noun
1.2.1
Synonyms
1.3
Anagrams
English
edit
Etymology
edit
Borrowed from
Ancient Greek
ὀστέον
(
ostéon
,
“
bone
”
)
.
Doublet
of
os
.
Noun
edit
English
Wikipedia
has an article on:
osteon
Wikipedia
osteon
(
plural
osteons
or
ostea
)
(
anatomy
)
Any of the central
canals
, and surrounding bony layers, found in compact
bone
.
Synonyms
edit
Haversian system
osteone
Anagrams
edit
Toones
,
Ootens
,
sooten
Categories
:
English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
English terms derived from Ancient Greek
English doublets
English lemmas
English nouns
English countable nouns
English nouns with irregular plurals
en:Anatomy