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cribriform, a.|ˈkraɪbrɪfɔːm, ˈkrɪb-|
[a. mod.L. crībriform-is sieve-shaped; see prec. and -form.]
Having the form or appearance of a sieve; perforated with numerous small holes; esp. in cribriform plate, the bony plate forming the front part of the ethmoid bone, through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nasal cavity.
1741Monro Anat. Bones (ed. 3) 80 The cribriform part of the Os Ethmoides. 1847Youatt Horse vi. 118 The cribriform or sieve-shaped plate..perforated by a multitude of little holes, through which the nerve connected with smelling passes and spreads over the nose. 1880Gray Struct. Bot. iii. §3. 77 Cribriform or Sieve-cells, a sort of ducts the walls of which have open slits, through which they communicate with each other. |