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pipe bone (medicine) and lance-knight (iou)


pipe bone (medicine)


pipe bone -->
long bone


One of the elongated bones of the extremities, consisting of a tubular shaft (diaphysis) and two extremities (epiphyses) usually wider than the shaft; the shaft is composed of compact bone surrounding a central medullary cavity.

Compare: short bone.

Synonym: os longum, pipe bone.


lance-knight (iou)



lance-knight noun. Also lance-knecht. E16.
[German Lanzknecht alt. of Landsknecht (see LANSQUENET) after Lanz LANCE noun.]
Hist. A mercenary foot-soldier, esp. one armed with a lance or pike.