ethmoid

• ethmoidal

From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “a strainer, colander, sieve”), from ἤθειν (ḗthein, “to sift, strain”).

ethmoid (comparative more ethmoid, superlative most ethmoid)

1. Resembling a sieve.
2. Relating to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.

• ectethmoid
• ethmoidal
• ethmoid bone
• ethmoid sinus

ethmoid (plural ethmoids)

1. The ethmoid bone.

• ethmoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• ethmoid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ethmoid at OneLook Dictionary Search