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ethmoid

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ethmoid /eth·moid/ (eth´moid)
1. sievelike; cribriform.
2. the ethmoid bone; see Table of Bones. .ethmoi´dal
eth·moid (thmoid) or eth·moi·dal (th-moidl)
adj.
Resembling a sieve.
n.
The ethmoid bone.
ethmoid
[eth′moid]
Etymology: Gk, ethmos, sieve, eidos, form
1 pertaining to the ethmoid bone.
2 having a large number of sievelike openings.
ethmoid (ethˑ·moid),
n the very thin bone structure of the nose, through which the ethmoid sinuses and other neural structures pass.
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Ethmoid.
ethmoid
1. sievelike; cribriform.
2. the ethmoid bone.
ethmoid bone
the sievelike bone that forms a roof for the nasal fossae and part of the floor of the rostral cranial fossa. See also Table 10.
ethmoid sinus
see concha.


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