ethmoid bone

n.

A light spongy bone located between the eye sockets, forming part of the walls and septum of the superior nasal cavity, and containing perforations for the passage of olfactory nerve fibers.

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Words nearby ethmoid bone

ethiopian, ethiopian church, ethiopic, ethmo-, ethmoid, ethmoid bone, ethmoid infundibulum, ethmoidal artery, ethmoidal cell, ethmoidal crest, ethmoidal foramen
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