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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sphenoid bone
sphenoid bone
n : butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull [syn:
sphenoid,
os sphenoidale]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sphenoid bone
Sphenoid
\Sphe"noid\, a. [Gr. ???; sfh`n a wedge + e'i^dos form:
cf. F. sph['e]no["i]de.]
1. Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.
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2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
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Sphenoid bone (Anat.), an irregularly shaped bone in front
of the occipital in the base of the skull of the higher
vertebrates. It is composed of several fetal bones which
become united the adult. See
Alisphenoid,
Basisphenoid,
Orbitosphenoid,
Presphenoid.
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