Ethmoid Definition
ĕthmoid
adjective
Designating or of the perforated bone or bones that form part of the septum and walls of the nasal cavity: the olfactory nerves pass through the perforations.
Webster's New World
Resembling a sieve.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Ethmoid
Noun
Singular:
ethmoid
Plural:
ethmoidsOrigin of Ethmoid
From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidēs, “like a strainer or sieve”), from ἠθμός (ēthmos, “a strainer, colander, sieve”), from ἤθειν (ēthein, “to sift, strain”).
From Wiktionary
French ethmoïde from Greek ēthmoeidēs sievelike ēthmos strainer (from ēthein to sift) -oeidēs -oid
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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