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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.

Definition 2024

cribriform

cribriform

English

Adjective

cribriform ‎(comparative more cribriform, superlative most cribriform)

  1. Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
    the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress
    • 1876, Edward Roth (translator), Jules Verne (author), All Around the Moon, ch. 11:
      "To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore," cried Barbican, clearing his throat, and occupying Aldan's right ear,—"the Moon's surface is a honey combed, perforated, punctured—"
      "A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous,—" cut in the Captain, close on the left.
      —"And highly cribriform superficies—" cried Barbican.
      —"A sieve, a riddle, a colander—" shouted the Captain.

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Etymology

From Latin cribrum ‎(“sieve”) + -form.

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