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ethmoids

ethmoids is the plural of ethmoid.

Meaning of ethmoid

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.

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Questions about ethmoids

What is ethmoids the plural of?
Ethmoids is the plural of ethmoid.

Words near ethmoids in the dictionary

  1. ethmoidectomies
  2. ethmoidectomy
  3. ethmoiditis
  4. ethmoidofrontal
  5. ethmoidomaxillary
  6. ethmoids
  7. ethmolith
  8. ethmomaxillary
  9. ethmonasal
  10. ethmopalatal
  11. ethmopalatine

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