involucrum /in·vo·lu·crum/ (in″vo-loo´krum) pl. involu´cra [L.] a covering or sheath, as of a sequestrum.
involucrum
involucrum [in″vo-lu´krum] (L.)
involucrum (in´v
lookrum),
in·vo·lu·crum ( n v -l  krm)n. pl. in·vo·lu·cra (-kr ) An enveloping sheath or membrane, such as the sheath of new bone that forms around a sequestrum. |
involucrum
[in′vəlo̅o̅′krəm] pl. involucra
Etymology: L, involvere, to wrap up
a sheath or coating, such as that encasing a sequestrum of necrotic bone.
involucrum [in″vo-lu´krum] (L.)
a covering or sheath, as of a sequestrum.
involucrum (in´v
lookrum),n a covering of new bone around a sequestrum.
involucrum
pl. involucra [L.] a covering or sheath, as in encapsulation of a sequestrum.
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