DION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 27

(Lat.), n. Li2th-o(o3)-ke2l-i2(u8)- fo(fo3)-pe'(pas'e)-di2-o2n. From AiSos, a stone, Av<fros, a shell, and naiSiov, a little child. Of Kiichenmeister, a calcification of portions of the foetus as well as a calcareous deposit in the fostal envelopes in extra-uterine pregnancy. [A, 320 (a, 45).] [s. 655]