| Pronunciation: | | `eebur'neyshun
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[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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EBURNATION is a 10 letter word that starts with E. |
| | See Also: | | biological process, organic process |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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