wormian
[ wôr′mē-ən, wûr′- ]
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adj.
Relating to or described by Danish physician and anatomist Ole Worm (1588-1654).
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Example sentences from the Web for wormian
These secondary gaps are often filled by new dermal bones called Wormian.
Degeneracy|Eugene S. TalbotThe frequency of the wormian bones in the region of the median and in the lateral posterior frontal.
A Plea for the Criminal|James Leslie Allan KayllSo also wormian bones are more common among the lower races.
The Criminal|Havelock EllisMr. Parsons mentions a wormian bone, "os epilepticum," at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures.
The Cambridge Natural History, Vol X., Mammalia|Frank Evers Beddard