See Also: Sphenoid(medicine)
sphenoid(dictionary)
sphenoid crest(medicine)
sphenoid bone(medicine)
sphenoid process(medicine)
sphenoid sinus(medicine)
sphenoid sinusitis(medicine)
Bone, sphenoid(health)
rostrum of the sphenoid bone(medicine)
body of sphenoid bone(medicine)

sphenoid (iou)



sphenoid adjective & noun. M18.
[mod. Latin spheno(e)ides from Greek sphenoeides, from sphen wedge: see -OID.]
A. adjective. Designating, of, or pertaining to a bone of irregular shape situated at the base of the skull, in front of the temporal and occipital bones. M18.
b. noun.
Anatomy & Zoology. The sphenoid bone; each of the separate parts of this. E19.
Crystallography. A long wedge-shaped prismatic crystal form of the sphenoidal class. Also = DISPHENOID. M19.