parethmoid

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adjective

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.

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Meanings

adjectiveparethmoid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyNear 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.
nounparethmoid (plural parethmoids)

plural parethmoids

  1. anatomyA parethmoid bone.

Origin

From para- + ethmoid.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with parethmoid

ethmoidbasiethmoidcribroethmoiddermethmoidectethmoidmesethmoidsphenethmoidsupraethmoid
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Anagrams

maphrodite
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“parethmoid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parethmoid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parethmoid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parethmoid.

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