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ethmo-|ˈɛθməʊ-| combining form of Gr. ἠθµός sieve, in a few compounds of mod. formation, occurring in anatomy, with general sense ‘pertaining jointly to the ethmoid bone and some other part of the skull’, e.g. ethmo-frontal a. [see frontal], pertaining to the ethmoid and frontal bones: as the ethmo-frontal notch. ethmo-maxillary a. [see maxillary], pertaining to the ethmoid and to the maxillary bones: as ethmo-maxillary suture. ethmo-nasal a. [see nasal], pertaining to the ethmoid and to the nasal bones: as ethmo-nasal suture. ethmo-presphenoidal a. [see presphenoidal], of or pertaining to the ethmoid and to the presphenoid bone: as ethmo-presphenoidal suture (Huxley). ethmo-turbinal (plates) or ethmo-turbinals [see turbinal], the lateral masses of the ethmoid bone, connected horizontally with each other at the upper surface by the cribriform plate. ethmo-vomerine (ethmo-vomerine plate) (see quot.).
1875Blake Zool. 46 The olfactory chamber of the nasal cavity..contains a series of simple, longitudinally placed ethmoturbinals. 1872Mivart Elem. Anat. 94 This prolongation forwards..forms a median plate (termed Ethmo-vomerine). 1881― Cat 337 A cartilaginous expansion called the ethmo-vomerine plate. |