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Endosteal

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en·dos·te·um  (n-dst-m)
n. pl. en·dos·te·a (-t-)
The thin layer of cells lining the medullary cavity of a bone.

[New Latin : end(o)- + Greek osteon, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots.]

en·doste·al adj.


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Implants that are positioned in the bone are called endosteal implants.
Pitkin could find a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon in total hip arthroplasty who would agree with the premise of his design, his statement of problems with femoral component attachment to the endosteal bone in the medullary canal of long bone or would even attempt to implant his design in patients.
 
 
 
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