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ethmoid

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Adjective, Noun
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun ethmoid has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

ethmoida. [Gr. like a sieve; sieve + from: cf. F. ethmoïde, ethmoïdal.].
     Like a sieve; cribriform.  [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.
ethmoidn. 
     The ethmoid bone.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ethmoid, adj. sievelike.

Idiom
ethmoid bone a square bone at the root of the nose, with many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
Derivative
ethmoidal adj.
Etymology
Gk ethmoeides f. ethmos sieve
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