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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)
- (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)
- (anatomy) A parethmoid bone.