ethmoid

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

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

Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.

Συνώνυμα

ethmoid bone

lattice

latticed

ethmoidal

Μεταφράσεις

ethmoïde

os éthmoïde

zeefbeen

etmóide

Osso etmoide

Osso etmóide

etmoide

etmoides

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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