DIPLOË

— diploic /di ploh"ik/ , diploetic /dip'loh et"ik/ , adj.

/dip"loh ee'/ , n. Anat.

the cancellate bony tissue between the hard inner and outer walls of the bones of the cranium.

[ 1690-1700; diplóe lit., a fold, n. use of fem. of diplóos double ]