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ethmoid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /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”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, relational) Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.

Deriveds

sphenethmoid · ethmoid bone · dermethmoid · sphenoethmoid · basiethmoid · cribroethmoid · ectethmoid · mesethmoid · parethmoid · ethmoid sinus · supraethmoid · ethmo- · ethmoido-

Synonyms

ethmoidal

ethmoid en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /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”).

Meanings

1. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

ethmoiditis · ethmoidofrontal · ethmoidectomy · ethmoidal · nasoethmoid

Synonyms

ethmoidal bone · ethmoid bone