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eburnation
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eburnation, n. [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. éburnation. See Ivory.].
A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory. [1913 Webster]
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