interosseousadj.
/ɪntərˈɒsiːəs/ Anatomy.
Situated between bones; said of various ligaments, muscles, nerves, and vessels.
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1745 Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 408 The interosseous Ligament of the Os Pubis.
1761 Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 783 I afterwards electrified..the interosseous muscles.
1840 G. V. Ellis Demonstr. Anat. 428 The posterior interosseous artery, arising from the common interosseous trunk opposite the tubercle of the radius in the front of the forearm, passes to the posterior part above the interosseous membrane.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. viii. 303 The fibula and the interosseous membrane connecting that bone with the tibia.
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