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Haversian canal

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Haversian canal /həˈvəːsɪən/

▶noun Anatomy any of the minute tubes which form a network in bone and contain blood vessels.

– origin C19: named after the 17th-cent. English anatomist Clopton Havers.

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