dictionary help| intramembranous | medical dictionary |
1. Within, or between the layers of, a membrane.
2. Denoting a method of bone formation directly from mesenchymal cells without an intervening cartilage stage (occurring, for example, in the calvaria), as distinguished from intracartilaginous bone formation.
(05 Mar 2000)
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