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Definition of Short bone
1. Noun. A bone that is of approximately equal dimension in all directions.
Medical Definition of Short bone
1. One whose dimensions are approximately equal; it consists of a layer of cortical substance enclosing spongy substance and narrow. Compare: long bone. Synonym: os breve. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Short Bone
Literary usage of Short bone
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches by Francis Hamilton (1822)
"first ray is a very short bone,, the second a strong prickle, barbed behind, and
the others are branched, the last being split to the root . ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"General refinement and symmetry of clean- cut features ; mutton breed character
pronounced ; head, neck and legs short; bone fine and smooth ; fleece pure ..."
3. Farm and Garden Rule-book: A Manual of Ready Rules and Reference with by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"General refinement and symmetry of clean-cut features: mutton breed character
pronounced ; head, neck, and legs short; bone fine and smooth ; fleece pure ..."
4. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1902)
"The humerus is a comparatively short bone inclined backwards : the radius is ...
The femur, like the humerus, is a short bone, but is directed forwards ..."
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