HAVERSIAN
\hˈavəsˌi͡ən], \hˈavəsˌiən], \h_ˈa_v_ə_s_ˌiə_n]\
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By Noah Webster.
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hav-er'si-an, adj. pertaining to or named after Clopton Havers, a 17th-cent. English anatomist who investigated the blood-vascular system of bone.
By Thomas Davidson
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Pertaining to or described by Clopton Havers, an English anatomist. H. canals, a series of intercommunicating canals, containing blood-vessels, running through bone. Each canal is the centre of a system (H. system) of radiating canaliculi which are lymph-passages containing connective-tissue cells. H. spaces, irregular large spaces found in bone. H. glands, flattened fringed folds of synovial membrane connected with joints, bursae, and tendinous sheaths, and regarded as mucilaginous glands.
By Alexander Duane
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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