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Word: Ethmoid
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: from Greek ēthmoeidēs, from ēthmos ‘a sieve’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɛθmɔɪd
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a square bone at the root of the nose, forming part of the cranium, and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose
Short Definition:square bone at root of nose, forming part of cranium
Examples:- ossification in the ethmoid region
Variant Forms:
- ethmoid bone
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