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Sphenethmoid

Sphe-neth′moid

,
Adj.
[
Sphen
oid +
ethmoid
.]
(Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.
Sphenethmoid bone
(Anat.)
,
a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone.

Sphe-neth′moid

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Noun.
(Anat.)
The sphenethmoid bone.