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Presphenoid :: Presphenoid (a.) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone)..

Spheno- :: Spheno- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine..

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

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

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

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

Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (a.) Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.

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

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

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

Sphenoidal :: Sphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid..

Clinoid :: Clinoid (a.) Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.

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

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

Pteron :: Pteron (n.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other..

Orbitosphenoidal :: Orbitosphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid.

Orbitosphenoid :: Orbitosphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone..

Pterygoid :: Pterygoid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone..

Presphenoidal :: Presphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid.

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

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