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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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Since 1953, GCRG has been reported in many other sites, including the axial skeleton and long bones, (2) the hands and feet, (3) the facial bones, (4) the cranial vault, (5) the sphenoid and ethmoid bones, (6-8) the orbit, (9) and the nose.
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