eburnification

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The conversion of certain substances, such as pulp or bone, into ivory-like substance.

Word forms

eburnification eburnifications

Etymology

From Latin eburnus (“of ivory”), from ebur (“ivory”), + -ification.

Related words

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