wormian bone

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Определение wormian bone в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

Any small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the the cranium in addition to the normal bones

any of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones

Синонимы

sutural bone

Этимология

() Named after Ole Worm, Professor of Anatomy at Copenhagen, 1624–1639, who was erroneously believed to have given the first detailed description of these bones.