sphenethmoid

English

Etymology

spheno- +‎ ethmoid

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛθmɔɪd

Adjective

sphenethmoid (not comparable)

  1. (anatomy) Of or relating to the sphenoidal and ethmoidal regions of the skull.

Synonyms

Noun

sphenethmoid (plural sphenethmoids)

  1. (anatomy) A bone of the skull that surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibians.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sphenethmoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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