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- noun anatomy Any
small irregularbone occasionally occurring in the thecranium in addition to the normal bones.
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Named after Ole Worm, Professor of Anatomy at Copenhagen, 1624–1639, who was erroneously believed to have given the first detailed description of these bones.
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