Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- External to the ethmoid bone.
- noun A portion of the aliethmoid forming a plate on either side of the mesethmoid and usually constituting part of the anterior wall of the orbit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) External to the ethmoid; prefrontal.
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- adjective anatomy
external to theethmoid ;prefrontal
Etymologies
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ecto- + ethmoid
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