etmoide

From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).

etmoide m (plural etmoides)

1. (anatomy) the ethmoid bone

From Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”), from ἠθμός (ēthmós, “a strainer, colander, sieve”), from ἤθειν (ḗthein, “to sift, strain”).

etmoide m (plural etmoidi)

1. (anatomy) ethmoid

   Synonym: osso etmoide

• etmoidale

• ethmoide (obsolete)
• etmóide (pre-1990 spelling)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).

etmoide m (plural etmoides)

1. (anatomy) ethmoid bone

• osso

• crânio

• occipital, parietal, frontal, temporal, esfenoide

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής (ēthmoeidḗs, “like a strainer or sieve”).

etmoide m (plural etmoides)

1. (anatomy) ethmoid bone

• “etmoides”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024