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Cranial bone
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sphenoid
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sphenoid \Sphe"noid\, a. [Gr. ???; sfh`n a wedge + e'i^dos form: cf. F. sph['e]no["i]de.] Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone. Sphenoid bone (Anat.), an irregularly shaped bone in front of the occipital ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull [syn: sphenoid bone , os sphenoidale ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 wedge-shaped. 2 (context anatomy English) Of or relating to the sphenoid bone. n. 1 (context anatomy English) The sphenoid bone. 2 (context crystallography English) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles; the hemihedral form ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Sphenoid may refer to: sphenoid bone , a bone in anatomy sphenoid (geometry) , a tetrahedron with 2-fold mirror or rotation symmetry