ethmoid

English - Turkish

Definition of ethmoid in English Turkish dictionary

etmoid

{s} kalburumsu

(sıfat) kalburumsu

Related Terms

ethmoid canals

(Diş Hekimliği) içinden arka etmoid ve nozosilier sinirlerin ve etmoid damarların geçtiği, frontal ve etmoid kemiklerin arasındaki kanallar

ethmoid nerve

(Diş Hekimliği) etmoid sinüslerin ve burun boşluğunun mukozasını innerve eden sinir

ethmoid process

(Diş Hekimliği) alt burun konkasının üst sınırda bir çıkıntı

posterior ethmoid sinus

(Tıp) arka etmoid sinüs

English - English

Definition of ethmoid in English English dictionary

The ethmoid bone

Resembling a sieve

{a} resembling a sieve, cribriform

{s} (Anatomy) pertaining to an ethmoid (at the base of the skull)

{i} bone at the base of the skull (Anatomy)

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

Like a sieve; cribriform

Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone

Related Terms

ethmoid bone

The bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose

ethmoid bones

plural form of ethmoid bone

ethmoid sinus

Any of several paranasal sinuses enclosed within the ethmoid bone

ethmoid sinus

a sinus of the meatuses of the nasal cavity (behind the bridge of the nose)

Hyphenation

eth·moid

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (“like a strainer or sieve”) ἠθμός (“a strainer, colander, sieve”) ἤθειν (“to sift, strain”).