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cribrous

cribrous adjective: perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.

Adjective

cribrous (comparative more cribrous, superlative most cribrous)

  1. (rare, usually) Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
    • At the posterior pole of the eye the sclera is pierced by the optic nerve, whose numerous bundles penetrate the coats of the eyeball and give to this portion of the sclera a cribrous appearance.1909, Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson, Normal Histology and Microscopical Anatomy, Appleton & Co., page 570
    Synonyms:
    cribriform

Synonyms of cribrous

Forms of cribrous

comparativemore cribrous
superlativemost cribrous

Origin of cribrous

From Latin cribrum (“sieve”).

Questions about cribrous

What does cribrous mean?
Cribrous means perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
What part of speech is cribrous?
Cribrous is an adjective.

Words near cribrous in the dictionary

  1. cribroethmoid
  2. cribrose
  3. cribrosely
  4. cribrostatin
  5. cribrostatins
  6. cribrous
  7. cribs
  8. cribsheet
  9. cribsheets
  10. cribside
  11. cribwall

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