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How·ship's lacuna

n :  a groove or cavity usu. containing osteoclasts that occurs in bone which is undergoing reabsorption
 
Howship, John (1781-1841),
British anatomist. Howship was a surgeon at St. George's and Charing Cross hospitals in London. In 1820 he published a treatise on the natural and pathological anatomy of bones. In this work he described the bone pits or cavities now known as Howship's lacunae.
 
 

 
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