Involucrum

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An enveloping sheath or envelope.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A sheath that covers or envelopes, especially one that forms around the sequestrum of new bone
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See Involucre.
  • n. A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoology, a kind of sheath or involucre about the bases of the thread-cells of acalephs.
  • n. In botany: Same as involucre.
  • n. Same as velum.
  • n. In pathology, a wall of new osseous tissue inclosing the sequestrum in a case of necrosis.
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