ethmoid bone

noun

The bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose.

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Meanings

nounethmoid bone (plural ethmoid bones)

plural ethmoid bones

  1. The bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounone of the eight bones of the cranium; a small bone filled with air spaces that forms part of the eye sockets and the nasal cavity

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boneos
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan os etmoide, etmoide
  • os etmoidebone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
  • etmoidebone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Chinese Mandarin 篩骨 /筛骨
  • 篩骨 /筛骨 (shāigǔ)bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Czech čichová kost
  • čichová kostbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Dutch zeefbeen
  • zeefbeenbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Esperanto etmoido
  • etmoidobone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Estonian sõelluu
  • sõelluubone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Finnish seulaluu
  • seulaluubone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
French os ethmoïde
  • os ethmoïdebone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
German Siebbein
  • Siebbeinbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Hungarian rostacsont
  • rostacsontbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Italian osso etmoide
  • osso etmoidebone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Japanese 篩骨
  • 篩骨 (shikotsu)bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Malay tulang etmoid
  • tulang etmoidbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Persian استخوان پرویزنی
  • استخوان پرویزنی (ostoxān-e parvizani)bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Polish kość sitowa
  • kość sitowabone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Portuguese etmoide
  • etmoidebone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Russian решётчатая кость
  • решётчатая кость (rešótčataja kostʹ)bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Slovak čuchová kosť
  • čuchová kosťbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Spanish etmoide, hueso etmoides
  • etmoidebone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
  • hueso etmoidesbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Tagalog butumbithay
  • butumbithaybone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Turkish etmoid kemik
  • etmoid kemikbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Ukrainian решітчаста кістка
  • решітчаста кістка (rešitčasta kistka)bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Vietnamese xương sàng
  • xương sàngbone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose
Cite this entry
APA

ethmoid bone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethmoid%20bone

MLA

“ethmoid bone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethmoid%20bone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethmoid bone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethmoid%20bone.

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