1. A nervous vascular membrane which invests the bones of animals.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• oeriosteum,
• leriosteum,
• -eriosteum,
• 0eriosteum,
• pwriosteum,
• psriosteum,
• pdriosteum,
• prriosteum,
• p4riosteum,
• p3riosteum,
• peeiosteum,
• pediosteum,
• perioseteum,
• periostum,
• preiosteum,
• pariosteum,
• periosteotmy,
• periostous,
• peryosteous,
• periostom

• peristome,
• peristyle.

The adjective form of the word "periosteum" is "periosteal".

The plural of the "periosteum" can be the "periostea".

The singular of the "periosteum" can be the "periosteum".