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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

(Anat.)

Discovered or described by Olanus

Wormius

, a Danish anatomist.

Wormian bones

small irregular plates of bone often interposed in the sutures between the large cranial bones.

Wormian ‎(comparative more Wormian, superlative most Wormian)

Of or pertaining to Ole Worm (Olaus Wormius, 1588–1655), Danish physician and antiquary.