Definition of Diploic

1. a. Of or pertaining to the diploë.

Definition of Diploic

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or relating to the diploe. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diploic

1. diploe [adj] - See also: diploe

Medical Definition of Diploic

1. Of or pertaining to the diploe. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diploic

diplococcaemia
diplococci
diplococcin
diplococcus
diplocoria
diplodocus
diplodocuses
diploe
diploes
diploetic
diplogen
diplogenesis
diplogenic
diplogens
diplohaplontic
diploic (current term)
diploic canals
diploic vein
diploid nucleus
diploidic
diploidies
diploidization
diploids
diploidy
diplokaryon
diploma
diploma mill
diplomacies
diplomacy

Literary usage of Diploic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"(2) The diploic MASTOID (Fig. 35).—In this variety, instead of distinct, pneumatic spaces, we find the interior of the mastoid filled with cancellous tissue ..."

2. Diseases of the Ear: A Text-book for Practitioners and Students of Medicine by Edward Bradford Dench (1909)
"In the diploic mastoid the antrum alone is present, the remaining portion consisting of diploic tissue, similar to that found in the other cranial bones ..."

3. Diseases of the ear in childhood: By Dr. Gustav Alexander, Tr. by Arthur J by Gustav Alexander, Arthur Joseph Bedell (1914)
"The lateral wall of the corticali» (L'I) is na thin as paper at the apex. Fio. 98a. Mastoid cells with diploic apex (.4). The lateral cortex (CO is thick, ..."

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