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单词 ethmoid
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ethmoid

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eth·moid

E0228600 (ĕth′moid′) also eth·moi·dal (ĕth-moid′l)adj. Of, relating to, or being a light spongy bone located between the ocular orbits, forming part of the walls and septum of the superior nasal cavity, and containing numerous perforations for the passage of the fibers of the olfactory nerves.n. The ethmoid bone.
[French ethmoïde, from Greek ēthmoeidēs, sievelike : ēthmos, strainer (from ēthein, to sift) + -oeidēs, -oid.]

ethmoid

(ˈɛθmɔɪd) anatomyadj (Anatomy) denoting or relating to a bone of the skull that forms part of the eye socket and the nasal cavityn (Anatomy) the ethmoid bone[C18: from Greek ēthmoeidēs like a sieve, from ēthmos sieve, from ēthein to sift]

eth•moid

(ˈɛθ mɔɪd)

adj. 1. Also, eth•moi′dal. of or pertaining to a cranial bone at the back of the nasal cavity, through which olfactory nerve processes pass into the nose. n. 2. the ethmoid bone. [1735–45; < Greek ēthmoeidḗs sievelike <ēthmó(s) strainer]
Thesaurus
Noun1.ethmoid - one of the eight bones of the craniumethmoid - one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavityethmoid bonebone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebratesbraincase, brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain
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ethmoid

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ethmoid

 [eth´moid] 1. sievelike; cribriform.2. bone" >ethmoid bone.

eth·moid bone

[TA] an irregularly shaped bone lying between the orbital plates of the frontal bone and anterior to the sphenoid bone of the cranium; it consists of two lateral ethmoidal labyrinths of thin plates enclosing air cells, attached above to a perforated horizontal lamina, the cribriform plate, from which descends a median, vertical, perpendicular plate in the interval between the two labyrinths; the bone articulates with the sphenoid, frontal, maxillary, lacrimal, and palatine bones, the inferior nasal concha, and the vomer; it enters into the formation of the anterior cranial fossa, the orbits, and the nasal cavity, forming the supreme, superior, and middle conchae of the latter.

ethmoid

(ĕth′moid′) also

ethmoidal

(ĕth-moid′l)adj. Of, relating to, or being a light spongy bone located between the ocular orbits, forming part of the walls and septum of the superior nasal cavity, and containing numerous perforations for the passage of the fibers of the olfactory nerves.n. The ethmoid bone.

eth·moid

(eth'moyd) [TA] 1. Resembling a sieve. 2. Relating to the ethmoid bone.
Synonym(s): ethmoidal.
[G. ēthmos, sieve, + eidos, resemblance]

ethmoid

enUK
Related to ethmoid: ethmoid labyrinth, ethmoid sinusitis, ethmoid air cells
  • noun

Synonyms for ethmoid

noun one of the eight bones of the cranium

Synonyms

  • ethmoid bone

Related Words

  • bone
  • os
  • braincase
  • brainpan
  • cranium
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