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Webster 1913 Edition

Diploe

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Dip′lo-ë

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] fold, fr. [GREEK] twofold, double.]
(Anat.)
The soft, spongy, or cancellated substance between the plates of the skull.

Webster 1828 Edition

Diploe

DIPLOE

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Noun.
[Gr., double.] The soft meditullium, medullary substance, or porous part, between the plates of the skull.

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diploë

diploë

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diploë ‎(plural diploës)

  1. (dated, mostly before 1920) The thin layer of soft, spongy or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek διπλόη ‎(diplóē, “literally, a fold”), noun use of feminine of διπλόος ‎(diplóos, “double”)

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IPA(key): /ˈdɪp.loʊ.ˌi/

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