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Eburnation

Eˊbur-na′tion

,

Noun.

[L.

eburnus

of ivory, fr.

ebur

ivory: cf. F.

éburnation

. See

.]

(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.