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Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.

Epipteric :: Epipteric (a.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.

Superspinous :: Supersphenoidal (a.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone..

Postsphenoid :: Postsphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.

Alisphenoid :: Alisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Alisphenoida.

Alisphenoidal :: Alisphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal..

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) The sphenoid bone.

Basisphenoid :: Basisphenoid (n.) The basisphenoid bone.

Presphenoid :: Presphenoid (n.) The presphenoid bone.

Ephippium :: Ephippium (n.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

Basipterygoid :: Basipterygoid (a. & n.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.

Alisphenoid :: Alisphenoid (n.) The alisphenoid bone.

Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (n.) The parasphenoid bone.

Subspherical :: Subsphenoidal (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone..

Sphenethmoid :: Sphenethmoid (a.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal..

Supraspinal :: Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body..

Orbitosphenoid :: Orbitosphenoid (n.) The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult..

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal..

Basisphenoidal :: Basisphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult..

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