Relating to the endosteum; occurring on or affecting the inner surface or inner layer of bones.
From endosteum + -al (adjective suffix). Medical and anatomical term that became standardized in the 1900s as bone microscopy and pathology advanced.
Endosteal resorption is what happens when your bones get porous with age or osteoporosis—the inner surface starts disappearing faster than the body can rebuild it!
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