Usually means: Broad, thin, protective skeletal structure.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. flat bone: Vocabulary.com
  2. flat bone: Dictionary.com
  3. Flat bone: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. flat bone: Rhymezone
  5. flat bone: FreeDictionary.org
  6. flat bone: Mnemonic Dictionary
  7. flat bone: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. flat bone: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. flat bone: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. flat bone, Flat bone: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Flat bone)

▸ noun:  Flat bones are bones whose principal function is either extensive protection or the provision of broad surfaces for muscular attachment.


Opposite:
convex, curved, arched, rounded, protruding

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Opposite:
convex, curved, arched, rounded, protruding




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