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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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We performed a right uncinectomy, removed the anterior ethmoid cells, and perforated the ground lamella in order to approach the posterior ethmoids, which were filled with the soft, smooth mass.
Sphenoid sinuses behind the ethmoids in the upper region of the nose and behind the eyes
6) Unlike mucoceles of the frontal sinus, which can be diagnosed on clinical examination and plain x-ray, mucoceles of the maxillary antra, sphenoid sinuses, and the ethmoids can be missed entirely.
 
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