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sphenoidal, a. Anat.|sfɪˈnɔɪdəl| Also 8 sphænoidal, 8–9 sphenoïdal. [ad. mod.L. sphēnoidālis († sphæn-), f. sphēnoidēs sphenoid. So F. sphénoïdal (18th cent.).] 1. sphenoidal bone, the sphenoid bone.
1726Monro Anat. 88 It is connected to the sphenoidal Bone, by means of that same Suture. 1746Phil. Trans. XLIV. 11 The Hole of the sphænoidal Bone, thro' which the Optic Nerve passes. 1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 173 A narrow canal which traverses the palatine and sphenoidal bones. 2. Of or pertaining to, connected with, the sphenoid bone. Chiefly in a number of special collocations, as sphenoidal angle, sphenoidal fissure, sphenoidal sinus, sphenoidal suture, etc.
1726Monro Anat. 88 The sphenoidal Suture connects it to the Wedge-like Bone. 1728Chambers Cycl., Sphenoidal Suture, in Anatomy, a Suture thus call'd from its encompassing the Os Sphenoides. 1808Barclay Muscular Motions 505 The frontal, sphenoidal, and maxillary antres. 1822J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 284 The sphenoidal plates which form a vault over the palate bones. 1854R. Owen in Orr's Circ. Sci., Org. Nature I. 167 Such cells are called..‘sphenoidal’ and ‘ethmoidal sinuses’ in man. 1872Mivart Anat. 83 A long but narrow space, termed the sphenoidal fissure. |