See Also: escharine(medicine)

sphenoid (iou) and escharine (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.

escharine (medicine)


escharine
<zoology> Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidae.

Source: Websters Dictionary