membrane bone

1. 1.

   any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull

   Broaderbone

   Narrowerfrontal boneparietal boneoccipital bone

Questions about membrane bone

What does membrane bone mean?

membrane bone means "any bone that develops within membranous tissue without previous cartilage formation; e.g. the clavicle and bones of the skull".

Is membrane bone a common word?

membrane bone is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.