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EBURNATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eburnation mean?
• EBURNATION (noun)
The noun EBURNATION has 1 sense:
1. a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
Familiarity information: EBURNATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("eburnation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
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