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ethmoid

/ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.62 in modern English

Syllables
eth-moid
IPA
/ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

adj

Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.

Etymology

Borrowing from French ethmoïde, from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer, perforated”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “strainer, sieve”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “-form, -like”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: ethmoïde, ἠθμοειδής

Inflected Forms

ethmoids (plural)

Derived Forms

ethmoidal ethmoidectomy ethmoiditis ethmoidofrontal nasoethmoid basiethmoid cribroethmoid dermethmoid ectethmoid mesethmoid parethmoid sphenoethmoid

Phrases

ethmo- ethmoido- ethmoid bone ethmoid sinus

Synonyms

ethmoid bone ethmoidal bone ethmoidal

Rhymes With

mesethmoid ectethmoid parethmoid sphenethmoid sphenoethmoid

Questions

How do you pronounce ethmoid?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛθ.mɔɪd/.
What does ethmoid mean?
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.
Where does ethmoid come from?
It is traced to French.

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