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wormian bone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
wormi-an bone
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the cranium in addition to the normal bones.

Etymology

Named after Ole Worm, Professor of Anatomy at Copenhagen, 1624–1639, who was erroneously believed to have given the first detailed description of these bones.

Inflected Forms

Wormian bones (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

epipteric

Synonyms

sutural bone

Questions

What does wormian bone mean?
Any small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the cranium in addition to the normal bones.
Where does wormian bone come from?
Named after Ole Worm, Professor of Anatomy at Copenhagen, 1624–1639, who was erroneously believed to have given the first detailed description of these bones.

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