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ethmoid

/ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/

ethmoid noun: a light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.

Noun

ethmoid (plural ethmoids)

  1. A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.

Adjective

ethmoid (not comparable)

  1. (relational) Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.
    Synonyms:
    ethmoidal

ethmoid meaning in Tamil

ethmoid in Tamil

மூக்கடி எலும்பு, ஏதுமாய்டு, சல்லடை போன்ற, நெய்யரி

Synonyms of ethmoid

Forms of ethmoid

pluralethmoids

Origin of ethmoid

Borrowing from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer, perforated”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, sieve”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

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Phrases with ethmoid

Words that rhyme with ethmoid

Questions about ethmoid

What does ethmoid mean?
Ethmoid means a light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
What is ethmoid in Tamil?
Ethmoid in Tamil is மூக்கடி எலும்பு, ஏதுமாய்டு, சல்லடை போன்ற. See Ethmoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ethmoid?
Ethmoid can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce ethmoid?
Ethmoid is pronounced /ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/.
What is the plural of ethmoid?
The plural of ethmoid is ethmoids.

Words near ethmoid in the dictionary

  1. ethmiid
  2. ethmiids
  3. ethmo-
  4. ethmocephaly
  5. ethmofrontal
  6. ethmoid
  7. ethmoid bone
  8. ethmoid bones
  9. ethmoid sinus
  10. ethmoid sinuses
  11. ethmoidal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ethmoid (page history and authors); ethmoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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