etmoide

Concepts

ethmoid bone

ethmoid

Synonyms

Osso etmoide

Osso etmóide

Translations

etmoide

os etmoide

Siebbein

os éthmoïde

Pronounced as (IPA)

/e.t͡ʃiˈmɔj.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek: ἠθμοειδής

In summary

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).