ethmoid (redirected from ethmoid bones)

eth·moid  (thmoid) also eth·moi·dal (th-moidl)

adj.

Of, relating to, or being a light spongy bone located between the orbits, forming part of the walls and septum of the superior nasal cavity, and containing numerous perforations for the passage of the fibers of the olfactory nerves.

n.

The ethmoid bone.

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[French ethmoïde, from Greek thmoeids, sievelike : thmos, strainer (from thein, to sift) + -oeids, -oid.]

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ethmoid - 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 ethmoid bone bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates braincase, brainpan, cranium - the part of the skull that encloses the brain