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Ethmoid vs Mesethmoid - What's the difference?

ethmoid | mesethmoid |

As nouns the difference between ethmoid and mesethmoid

is that ethmoid is the ethmoid bone while mesethmoid is a bony cartilage, in the centre of the ethmoid part of the skull, that makes up most of the nasal septum.

As an adjective ethmoid

is resembling a sieve.

ethmoid

English

Alternative forms

* ethmoidal

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Resembling a sieve.
  • Relating to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone.

    • Derived terms

    * ethmoidal * ethmoid bone * ethmoid sinus

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The ethmoid bone.

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    mesethmoid

    English

    Noun

  • (en noun) (More fully : mesethmoid bone)
  • (anatomy) A bony cartilage, in the centre of the ethmoid part of the skull, that makes up most of the nasal septum