Haversian canal
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ha·ver·sian canal
(hə-vûr′zhən)n.
Any of various canals in compact bone through which blood vessels, nerve fibers, and lymphatics pass.
[After Clopton Havers (1650?-1702), English physician and anatomist.]
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Haversian canal
(hæˈvɜːʃən)n
(Biology) histology any of the channels that form a network in bone and contain blood vessels and nerves
[C19: named after C. Havers (died 1702), English anatomist who discovered them]
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Ha•ver′sian canal′
(həˈvɜr ʒən)n.
(sometimes l.c.)
any of the channels in bone containing blood vessels and nerves.
[1835–45; after Clopton Havers (d. 1702), English anatomist; see -ian]
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| Noun | 1. |  Haversian canal - any of the many tiny canals that contain blood vessels and connective tissue and that form a network in boneduct, epithelial duct, canal, channel - a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs" |
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