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Webster 1913 Edition


Parethmoid

Par-eth′moid

,
Adj.
[Pref.
para-
+
ethmoid
.]
(Anat.)
Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; – applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
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Noun.
A parethmoid bone.