basisphenoidal

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basisphenoidal - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Basisphenoid \Ba`si*sphe"noid\, Basisphenoidal
  \Ba`si*sphe*noid"al\, a. [Basi- + sphenoid.] (Anat.)
     Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium
     between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually
     ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and
     becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
     [1913 Webster]