diploic

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adjective

Of or relating to the diploe.

“diploic veins”

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Meanings

adjectivediploic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyOf or relating to the diploe.

    diploic veins

    1 more example

    […] there has been recognition that porosity of the orbital roofs and cranial vault may arise due to a variety of different causes. These include rickets and scurvy, where it occurs due to different pathophysiological mechanisms[…]. In vitamin D deficiency, it arises as a result of deficient mineralization of the growing bone surface, in scurvy as a result of deposition of porous new bone and/or vascular inflammatory response; versus diploic hyperplasia coupled with resorption of overlying cortical bone in anemia.

    2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 30

Origin

From diploe + -ic.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

diploic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diploic

MLA

“diploic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diploic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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