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Webster 1913 Edition

Cribriform

Crib′ri-form

(kr?b′r?f?rm)
,
Adj.
[L.
cribrum
sieve +
-form
: cf. F.
cribriforme
.]
Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes;
as, the
cribriform
plate of the ethmoid bone; a
cribriform
compress
.
Cribriform cells
(Bot.)
,
those which have here and there oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.

Webster 1828 Edition

Cribriform

CRIBRIFORM

,
Adj.
[L., a sieve, and form.] Resembling a sieve or riddle; a term applied to the lamen of the ethmoid bone, through which the fibers of the olfactory nerve pass to the nose.

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