Wormian bone

Wor·mi·an bone

noun \ˈwȯr-mē-ən-\

Definition of WORMIAN BONE

: a small irregular inconstant plate of bone interposed in a suture between large cranial bones—called also sutural bone

Biographical Note for WORMIAN BONE

Worm \ˈvȯrm\ Ole ??? (1588–1654), Danish physician. Worm was a professor of medicine at the University of Copenhagen and personal physician to King Christian V as well. In 1634 he described the small bones that occasionally occur along the lambdoid suture of the human skull.