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ethmoid

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

eth=moid

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ethmoid has 1 sense

ethmoid(n = noun.body) ethmoid bone - one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity; Array

is a kind of bone, os

is a part of braincase, brainpan, cranium

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CIDE DICTIONARY

ethmoid, a. [Gr. like a sieve; sieve + from: cf. F. ethmoïde, ethmoïdal.].

Like a sieve; cribriform. [1913 Webster]

Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.

ethmoid, n.

The ethmoid bone. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

ethmoid, adj. sievelike.

Idiom

ethmoid bone a square bone at the root of the nose, with many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.

Derivative

ethmoidal adj.

Etymology

Gk ethmoeides f. ethmos sieve

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