ETHMOID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ethmoid mean? 

• ETHMOID (noun)
  The noun ETHMOID has 1 sense:

1. one of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity

  Familiarity information: ETHMOID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ETHMOID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

ethmoid; ethmoid bone

Hypernyms ("ethmoid" is a kind of...):

bone; os (rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates)

Holonyms ("ethmoid" is a part of...):

braincase; brainpan; cranium (the part of the skull that encloses the brain)

 Context examples 

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer Pathologic Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-metastasizing neoplasm that arises from the ethmoid sinus.

(Benign Ethmoid Sinus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Seven bones contribute to the structure of the orbit: the frontal, maxillary, zygomatic, sphenoid, lacrimal, ethmoid, and palatine bones.

(Murine Orbit, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.

(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer Pathologic TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of nasal cavity and ethmoid sinus cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v6 classification system.

(Nasal Cavity and Ethmoid Sinus Cancer TNM Finding v6, NCI Thesaurus)

There are four paranasal sinuses on each side of the face: ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, and sphenoid sinus.

(Paranasal sinus, NCI Thesaurus)

A squamous cell carcinoma that arises from the mucosal epithelial surface of the ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, or sphenoid sinus.

(Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Ovoid body resting on the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone where the olfactory nerve terminates.

(Olfactory bulb, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)