Definitions for: Eburnation

[n] a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory

Webster (1913) Definition: E`bur*na"tion, n. [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur
ivory: cf. F. ['e]burnation. See Ivory.] (Med.)
A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases
of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density,
and come to resemble ivory.

See Also: biological process, organic process