ethmoid bone

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ethmoid bone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ethmoid \Eth"moid\, Ethmoidal \Eth*moid"al\, a. [Gr. ? like a
     sieve; ? sieve + ? from: cf. F. ethmo["i]de, ethmo["i]dal.]
     (Anat.)
     (a) Like a sieve; cribriform.
     (b) Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

ethmoid bone - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ethmoid bone
      n 1: 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 cavity [syn: ethmoid, ethmoid bone]