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Definition of Sphenethmoid

1. a. Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.

2. n. The sphenethmoid bone.

Medical Definition of Sphenethmoid

1. Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone. Sphenethmoid bone, a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone. Origin: Sphenoid + ethmoid. (20 Mar 1998)

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