ETHMOID


Meaning of ETHMOID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈeth-ˌmȯid ]

noun

Etymology: French ethmoïde, from Greek ēthmoeidēs, literally, like a strainer, from ēthmos strainer

Date: 1842

: a light spongy cubical bone forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits

• ethmoid same or eth·moi·dal (ˌ)eth-ˈmȯi-d ə l adjective

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