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alisphenoid, a. and n. Phys.|ælɪsˈfiːnɔɪd|
[mod. f. L. āla wing + sphenoid, f. Gr. σϕηνοειδής wedge-shaped.]
A. adj. Forming the wing of the sphenoid bone at the base of the skull, or pertaining to this part.
1846Owen in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 179 ‘Alisphenoid’ seemed to retain most of the old anthropotomical term of ‘alæ majores,’ or wings ‘par excellence’ of the os sphenoideum. 1864Huxley in Reader 19 Mar. 365/1 The constant union of the alisphenoid with the parietal bones. 1881Mivart Cal. 477 The passage thus enclosed called the alisphenoid canal.
B. n. An alisphenoid bone.
1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. & Phys. IV. 1297/2 The longer basisphenoid, and shorter alisphenoids. 1866Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 150 The sutures surrounding the alisphenoid..have been prematurely ossified in the Neanderthal skull. |