Meanings
plural Wormian bones
- anatomyAny small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the cranium in addition to the normal bones.
Synonyms: sutural bone
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny small irregular bone occasionally occurring in the cranium in addition to the normal bones.
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of the tiny soft bones found in the sutures between cranial bones
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French os wormien
- os wormiensmall irregular bone
Spanish huesos wormianos, suturales
- huesos wormianossmall irregular bone
- suturalessmall irregular bone
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Wormian bone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wormian%20bone
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