See Also: haversian(medicine)
Haversian(dictionary)
haversian canals(medicine)
haversian lamella(medicine)
haversian spaces(medicine)
haversian system(medicine)

Haversian (iou)



Haversian adjective. M19.
[from Clopton Havers (d. 1702), English anatomist + -IAN.]
Anatomy. Designating or pertaining to the minute cylindrical passages (Haversian canals) in bone, through which blood-vessels pass; Haversian system, a Haversian canal together with its associated tissue.