long bone
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Double long bone pork chop, served with dressed greens and Mont sauce.
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
Growth hormone stimulates the growth of long bones, which leads to an increase in height.4
Reasons for HGH Therapy
HGH therapy works to supplement or replace the body's natural growth hormone.
—Phuoc Anh (anne) Nguyen, Pharmd, Ms, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025
The same knapping techniques were applied to bones made exclusively from the dense, strong long bones of large animals.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Breaks in long bones, like the femur in your thigh, can be relatively straightforward to repair with a rod.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
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Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2025
Growth hormone stimulates the growth of long bones, which leads to an increase in height.4
Reasons for HGH Therapy
HGH therapy works to supplement or replace the body's natural growth hormone.
—Phuoc Anh (anne) Nguyen, Pharmd, Ms, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025
The same knapping techniques were applied to bones made exclusively from the dense, strong long bones of large animals.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
Breaks in long bones, like the femur in your thigh, can be relatively straightforward to repair with a rod.
—Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Long bone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20bone. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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