Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ethmoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ethmoid \Eth"moid\, Ethmoidal \Eth*moid"al\, a. [Gr. ? like a
sieve; ? sieve + ? from: cf. F. ethmo["i]de, ethmo["i]dal.]
(Anat.)
(a) Like a sieve; cribriform.
(b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.
{Ethmoid bone} (Anat.), a bone of complicated structure
through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium
and over which they are largely distributed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ethmoid \Eth"moid\n. (Anat.)
The ethmoid bone.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ethmoid
n : 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 [syn: {ethmoid bone}]
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