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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to Olaus Worm, a Danish physician and scientist (1588-1654).

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Discovered or described by Olanus Wormius, a Danish anatomist.
  • adjective small irregular plates of bone often interposed in the sutures between the large cranial bones.

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