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ethmoid

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Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/

Definition of ethmoid

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.
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noun

  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.

adj

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

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Etymology

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

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