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Definition of Ethmoidal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Ethmoidal

1. Like a sieve; cribriform. Pertaining to, or in the region of, the ethmoid bone. Ethmoid bone, a bone of complicated structure through which the olfactory nerves pass out of the cranium and over which they are largely distributed. Origin: Gr. Like a sieve; sieve + from: cf. F. Ethmoide, ethmoidal. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Ethmoidal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, Medical and Surgical by Wendell Christopher Phillips (1919)
"The ethmoidal sinuses, usually described as eth- moidal cells, ... The anterior ethmoidal cells, numbering from two to eight, are generally smaller than the ..."

2. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1902)
"This is usually found when a so-called spheno- ethmoidal cell is present. Particular attention should be directed to certain ethmoidal cells that at times ..."

3. Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat Nursing by Achilles Edward Davis, Beaman Douglass (1905)
"The ethmoidal sinus is divided into two parts, known as the anterior ethmoidal cells and the posterior ethmoidal cells. The anterior ethmoidal cells open ..."

4. A Manual of the Diagnosis and Treatment of the Diseases of the Eye by Edward Jackson (1907)
"It is probable that, without any such extension into the orbit, ethmoidal disease is associated with some cases of disease of (he ..."

5. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear: Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1908)
"Series II is composed of the posterior ethmoidal and the sphenoidal sinuses, ... The Posterior ethmoidal Sinuses.—The posterior ethmoidal are usually fewer ..."

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