Ethmoid
//ˈɛθ.mɔɪd// adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
- 2 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 wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone. not-comparable, relational
Etymology
Borrowing from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer, perforated”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, sieve”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).
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