parethmoid
English
adj
Definitions
- (anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
Etymology
Prefix from English ethmoid.
Origin
English
ethmoid
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- basiethmoid English
- cribroethmoid English
- ectethmoid English
- ethmoid English
- ethmoidal English
- ethmoidectomy English
- ethmoiditis English
- ethmoidofrontal English
- mesethmoid English
- sphenethmoid English
- supraethmoid English
- ethmoïde French
- ἠθμός Ancient Greek