Definition of Ooidal
1. a. Shaped like an egg.
Definition of Ooidal
1. egg-shaped [adj]
Medical Definition of Ooidal
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Literary usage of Ooidal
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1. Studies in Jewish Statistics: Social, Vital and Anthropometric by Joseph Jacobs (1891)
"Dr. Beddoe, indeed, states that Ashkenazim have mostly " ooidal" heads, but the
above statistics only show how untrustworthy mere impressions are, ..."
2. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah by Richard Francis Burton, Isabel Burton, Stanley Lane-Poole (1906)
"... form ooidal blocks and boulders piled in irregular heaps. Others are grey and
compact enough to take a high polish when cut. The syenite is generally ..."
3. Researches Into the Physical History of Mankind by James Cowles Prichard (1851)
"As I can find no epithet more appropriate as a distinguishing term for this form
of the skull, I shall term it the oval or ooidal form. 2. ..."
4. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El Medinah and Meccah by Sir Richard Francis Burton (1857)
"The Bedouin cranium is small, ooidal, long, high, narrow, and remarkable in the
occiput for the development of Gall's second propensity ; the crown ..."
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