diploe

(dip′lō ē′)

noun

the spongy bone between the two dense inner and outer layers of the skull bones

Origin: ModL < Gr diploē, lit., a fold, doubling < diploos, double

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See diploe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The spongy, porous, bony tissue between the hard outer and inner bone layers of the cranium.

Origin:

Origin: Greek diploē, a fold, doubling

Origin: , from

Origin: feminine of diplous, twofold; see dwo- in Indo-European roots

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