Definition of Ethmaid
{ Eth"moid (?), Eth*moid"al (?), }
a. [Gr. &?; like a sieve; &?; sieve + &?; from: cf.
F. ethmoïde, ethmoïdal.] (Anat.)
(a) Like a sieve; cribriform.
(b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the
ethmoid bone.
Ethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of
complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of
the cranium and over which they are largely distributed.
Eth"moid (?) n. (Anat.) The
ethmoid bone.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Resembling a sieve.
- The ethmoid bone.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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