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The connective-tissue membrane covering most external bone surfaces.
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- damaged periosteum
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The wound exposed the periosteum.
Inflammation spread along the periosteum.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular periosteum; plural periostea or periosteums. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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