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enthlasis

enthlasis noun: a depressed fracture of the skull.

Noun

enthlasis (uncountable)

  1. (rare) A depressed fracture of the skull.
    • Instead, enthlasis, either open or closed, may have been the reason for this trepanation.2016 June 11, S. M. Slepchenko, “Ante Mortem Cranial Trepanation in the Late Bronze Age in Western Siberia”, in International Journal of Osteoarchaeology

Questions about enthlasis

What does enthlasis mean?
Enthlasis means a depressed fracture of the skull.
What part of speech is enthlasis?
Enthlasis is a noun.

Words near enthlasis in the dictionary

  1. enthesopathy
  2. enthesophyte
  3. enthesophytes
  4. entheta
  5. enthetic
  6. enthlasis
  7. enthomopathogenic
  8. enthorhinal
  9. enthorinal
  10. Enthoven
  11. Enthovens

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