Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the mesethmoid.
- noun The middle ethmoidal bone; the median element of the compound ethmoid bone.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the middle of the ethmoid region or ethmoid bone.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A bony
cartilage , in the centre of theethmoid part of the skull, that makes up most of thenasal septum
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Examples
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Its body, the _pars perpendicularis_ (mesethmoid) shows no similarity with a vertebral centrum.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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It embraces in a V-like groove the mesethmoid (nasal septum) above, and lies on the palate.
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