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parasphenoidal

parasphenoidal adjective: relating to the parasphenoid (bone).

Adjective

parasphenoidal (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the parasphenoid (bone)
    • Abbreviations: BP, basipterygoid process; BT, basal tuber; CP, capitate process; CA, crista antotica; CO, crista otosphenoidea; CT, crista tuberalis; FM, foramen magnum; OC, occipital condyle; OF, olfactory fenestra; OR, orbital recess; PP, paroccipital process; PSR, parasphenoidal rostrum; PTF...2015 October 8, “A New Titanosaurian Braincase from the Cretaceous “Lo Hueco” Locality in Spain Sheds Light on Neuroanatomical Evolution within Titanosauria”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of parasphenoidal

From parasphenoid + -al.

Questions about parasphenoidal

What does parasphenoidal mean?
Parasphenoidal means relating to the parasphenoid (bone).
What part of speech is parasphenoidal?
Parasphenoidal is an adjective.

Words near parasphenoidal in the dictionary

  1. paraspecificity
  2. paraspeckle
  3. paraspeckles
  4. parasperm
  5. parasphenoid
  6. parasphenoidal
  7. parasphenoids
  8. paraspinal
  9. paraspinally
  10. paraspinous
  11. parasplenial

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