eburnation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: eburnation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for eburnation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eburnation n a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eburnation \E`bur*na"tion\, n. [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. [82]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.