Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The presence of a bone-like structure in the skin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) Ossification of the dermis.
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- noun biology
ossification of thedermis
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek skin + bone.
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