English Explanatory Dictionary

ethmoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ethmoid.wav

Word forms

ethmoid ethmoids

Etymology

Borrowing from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer, perforated”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, sieve”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

Synonyms

ethmoid bone ethmoidal bone ethmoidal

Derived words

ethmoidal ethmoidectomy ethmoiditis ethmoidofrontal nasoethmoid basiethmoid cribroethmoid dermethmoid ectethmoid ethmo- ethmoido- ethmoid bone ethmoid sinus mesethmoid parethmoid sphenoethmoid sphenethmoid supraethmoid
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