cameration
(kæməˈreɪʃən)
[ad. L. camerātiōn-em vaulting, f. camerāre; or f. camerate v.]
1. Arch. Vaulting, arching. ? Obs.
| 1664 Evelyn tr. Freart's Archit. (R.) Where two arches intersect, which is the strongest manner of cameration. 1721 Bailey, Cameration, Vaulting or Arching. 1755 Johnson. |
† b. Surg. An old term (= Galen's καµάρωµα) for a fracture of the skull where the bones appear arched.
| 1730–6 in Bailey. 1881 Syd. Soc. Lex., Cameration; synonymous with Camarosis. |
2. Zool. Division (of a shell, etc.) into chambers.
| 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. An. xii. 658 The cameration of the skeleton. |