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Webster 1913 Edition
Vomer
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Vo′mer
,Noun.
[L., a plowshare.]
(Anat.)
(a)
A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid region of the skull, forming a part a part of the partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals.
(b)
The pygostyle.
Definition 2024
vomer
vomer
English
Noun
vomer (plural vomers)
- (anatomy) The vomer bone; the small thin bone that forms part of the septum between the nostrils.
Translations
vomer bone — see vomer bone
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to move”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwoː.mer/, [ˈwoː.mɛr]
Noun
vōmer m (genitive vōmeris); third declension
- ploughshare
- (informal) ****
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vōmer | vōmerēs |
| genitive | vōmeris | vōmerum |
| dative | vōmerī | vōmeribus |
| accusative | vōmerem | vōmerēs |
| ablative | vōmere | vōmeribus |
| vocative | vōmer | vōmerēs |
Derived terms
- vōmeronāsālis
Descendants
References
- vomer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- vomer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vomer”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.