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osteon

noun os·te·on \ˈäs-tē-ˌän\

Medical Definition of OSTEON

—os·te·on·al \ˌäs-tē-ˈän-^əl, -ˈōn-\ adjective

os·te·on also os·te·one \-ˌōn\

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