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diploe

/ˈdɪp.loʊˌi/

diploe noun: the thin layer of soft, spongy, or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.

Noun

diploe (countable and uncountable, plural diploes)

  1. The thin layer of soft, spongy, or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.
    Synonyms:
    pith
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of mesophyll.
    Synonyms:
    mesophyll

diploe meaning in Tamil and Arabic

diploe in Tamil

தகட்டிடைச் சோறு

diploe in Arabic

Translations
خِلَال اللَّوْحَتَيْن ḵilāl al-lawḥatayn

Synonyms of diploe

Forms of diploe

pluraldiploes
alternative formdiploë

Origin of diploe

From Ancient Greek διπλόη (diplóē, “literally, a fold”), noun use of feminine of διπλόος (diplóos, “double”).

Words formed from diploe

Questions about diploe

What does diploe mean?
Diploe means the thin layer of soft, spongy, or cancellate tissue between the bone plates which constitute the skull.
What is diploe in Tamil?
Diploe in Tamil is தகட்டிடைச் சோறு. See Diploe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is diploe?
Diploe is a noun.
How do you pronounce diploe?
Diploe is pronounced /ˈdɪp.loʊˌi/.
What is the plural of diploe?
The plural of diploe is diploes.

Words near diploe in the dictionary

  1. diplodocoids
  2. diplodocus
  3. diplodocuses
  4. diplodont
  5. diplodonts
  6. diploe
  7. diploes
  8. diploetic
  9. diplogasterid
  10. diplogasterids
  11. diplogastrid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diploe (page history and authors); diploe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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