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ethmoid

noun, adj — 2 senses

ethmoid

noun

/ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/

Etymology Borrowing from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer, perforated”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, sieve”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences 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.

Derived terms
ethmoidal, ethmoidectomy, ethmoiditis, ethmoidofrontal, nasoethmoid

ethmoid

adj

Etymology Borrowing from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer, perforated”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, sieve”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

1

Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Relational Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.

Derived terms
basiethmoid, cribroethmoid, dermethmoid, ectethmoid, ethmo-, ethmoido-, ethmoid bone, ethmoid sinus, mesethmoid, parethmoid, sphenoethmoid, sphenethmoid, supraethmoid

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