The Collaborative International Dictionary
Haversian \Ha*ver"sian\ (h[.a]*v[~e]r"shan), a. Pertaining to, or discovered by, Clopton Havers, an English physician of the seventeenth century.
Haversian canals (Anat.), the small canals through which the blood vessels ramify in bone.
Usage examples of "haversian canals".
Emmy's, where the bone marrow is the primary target of the disease, namiloxiprine creates an unusual chemical environment in the marrow cavity and in the haversian canals, an environment that's extremely hostile to microorganisms but actually encourages the growth of marrow cells, the production of blood cells, and hemoglobin formation.
Something marked by a hum that Curtis feels in his teeth, that resonates in his sinuses, and by a rapidly swelling but also quickly subsiding tingle in the Haversian canals of his bones.