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Sphenoid bone

noun
1.
Butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull.  Synonyms: os sphenoidale, sphenoid.





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"Sphenoid bone" Quotes from Famous Books



... their last examination, in a room fragrant with the amalgamated odours of stale tobacco-smoke, varnished bones, leaky preparations, and gin-and-water. Large anatomical prints depend from the walls, and a few vertebrae, a lower jaw, and a sphenoid bone, are ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 1, December 18, 1841 • Various


Words linked to "Sphenoid bone" :   os, skull, bone, pterygoid process, crotaphion


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