Definition of Ensheathing

1. Verb. (present participle of ensheathe) ¹

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Definition of Ensheathing

1. ensheath [v] - See also: ensheath

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ensheathing

enserf
enserfed
enserfing
enserfment
enserfments
enserfs
ensew
ensewed
ensewing
ensews
enshackle
ensheath
ensheathe
ensheathed
ensheathes
ensheathing (current term)
ensheathing callus
ensheaths
enshell
enshelled
enshells
enshelter
ensheltered
ensheltering
enshield
enshielded
enshielding
enshields
enshrine
enshrined

Literary usage of Ensheathing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on surgical pathology: Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons by James Paget, William Turner, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1865)
"That around them, that is, the ensheathing callus, forms most quickly and in greater abundance, and lies chiefly or solely between the wall of the bone and ..."

2. A Practical treatise on fractures and dislocations by Frank Hastings Hamilton (1884)
"My cabinet furnishes many illustrations of ensheathing callus in rilis: and also a few in fractures of the tibia and fibula. Fourth. ..."

3. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1908)
"In a brief time granulation sets in, followed, as soon as the ensheathing substance of the outer segment is broken, by complete dissolution. ..."

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