wormian bones

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wormian bones - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wormian \Wor"mi*an\, a. (Anat.)
     Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish
     anatomist.
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     Wormian bones, small irregular plates of bone often
        interposed in the sutures between the large cranial bones.
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