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Eburnation

Eburnation Meaning & Definition
Eburnation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Eburnation?

[n] a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory

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See Also | biological process | organic process

Eburnation In Webster's Dictionary

\E`bur*na"tion\, n. [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. ['e]burnation. See {Ivory}.] (Med.) A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.

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