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subsphenoidal

subsphenoidal adjective: situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Adjective

subsphenoidal (not comparable)

  1. Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
    • subsphenoidal canal
    • subsphenoidal confluent

Origin of subsphenoidal

From sub- + sphenoidal.

Questions about subsphenoidal

What does subsphenoidal mean?
Subsphenoidal means situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
What part of speech is subsphenoidal?
Subsphenoidal is an adjective.

Words near subsphenoidal in the dictionary

  1. subspecifying
  2. subspectra
  3. subspectral
  4. subspectrum
  5. subsphaerical
  6. subsphenoidal
  7. subsphere
  8. subspheres
  9. subspherical
  10. subspherically
  11. subspheroid

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