Parethmoid
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Parethmoid is an adjective meaning (anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
Meaning
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
More Meanings
- (anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
Word Forms
- parethmoids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ethmopalatine, sphenoethmoid, basiethmoid, frontoethmoidal, ethmoturbinate, parietomastoid.
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