Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Eburnation has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
A degenerative process of bone, occurring at sites of articular cartilage erosion and commonly found in patients with osteoarthritis. Subchondral bone responds to increased friction by generating reactive, ivory-like dense bone at the site of erosion.