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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Sphenethmoid

· Sphe·neth·moid · IPA
01 a. Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.
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    Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.(Anat.)
Phrases & compounds
Sphenethmoid bone — a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone.
02 n. The sphenethmoid bone.
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    The sphenethmoid bone.(Anat.)