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Meaning of EBURNATION

Pronunciation:  `eebur'neyshun

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [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

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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