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Webster 1913 Edition


Parethmoid

Par-eth′moid

,
Adj.
[Pref.
para-
+
ethmoid
.]
(Anat.)
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.
Noun.
A parethmoid bone.

Definition 2024


parethmoid

parethmoid

English

Adjective

parethmoid (not comparable)

  1. (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.

Noun

parethmoid (plural parethmoids)

  1. (anatomy) A parethmoid bone.