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EBURNATION

\ˌɛbənˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɛbənˈe‍ɪʃən], \ˌɛ_b_ə_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of EBURNATION

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A form of degeneration of bone in which it is converted into a dense hard substance like ivory.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Hardening of bone, resembling ivory.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A disease in the bones, which consists in an abormal deposition of osseous matter, chiefly in the joints.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

In med., the excessive deposition of osseous matter in certain diseased states of bones.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Degeneration of bone into a hard and ivory-like mass.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The act or process of becoming hard and dense like ivory. A process met with sometimes in osteomyelitis, when it is known as eburnatio ossis, and also in syphilis of the bone. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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