cribrous

English

Etymology

From Latin cribrum (“sieve”).

Adjective

cribrous (comparative more cribrous, superlative most cribrous)

  1. (rare, usually in anatomical descriptions) Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
    • 1909, Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson, Normal Histology and Microscopical Anatomy, Appleton & Co., page 570:
      At the posterior pole of the eye the sclera is pierced by the optic nerve, whose numerous bundles penetrate the coats of the eyeball and give to this portion of the sclera a cribrous appearance.

Synonyms

References
  • “cribrous”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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