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Diploe

[dip-loh-ee]

dip·lo·ë

[dip-loh-ee]
noun Anatomy.
the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.

Origin:
1690–1700; < Greek diplóē literally, a fold, noun use of feminine of diplóos double

di·plo·ic [dih-ploh-ik] , di·plo·et·ic [dip-loh-et-ik] , adjective
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diploe dip·lo·e (dĭp'lō-ē')
n.
The central layer of spongy, porous, bony tissue between the hard outer and inner bone layers of the cranium.


dip'lo·ic (-lō-ĭk) adj.

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