Crossword-Solution: EBURNATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Eburnation | n. | 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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| Condensation of bone structure to ivory hardness. | 1 answer |
| an abnormal change of bone by which it becomes very hard and dense | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
To boil with a continued bubbling or heaving and
rolling, with noise.
Hint 2 anagram
PWLOAL
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Sentences with EBURNATION (5)
More commonly, the bone exposed as a result of disappearance of the cartilage is denser than normal, and under the influence of the movements of the joint, becomes smooth and polished--a change described as _eburnation_ of the articular surfaces (Fig.
Eburnation of the articular surfaces is shown by increase in the density of the shadow of the bone in the areas affected.
Now, I want to know what 'hibernation' is." "You must mean 'eburnation,'" I said, after a moment's reflection.
There is a slight clue to identity in respect of this bone, since the head of it has a small patch of 'eburnation'--that is a sort of porcelain-like polish that occurs on the parts of bones that form a joint when the natural covering of cartilage is destroyed by disease.
The common type of lesion is a dry arthritis with fibrillation and eburnation of the articular surfaces.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1942).