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- Sphenoid - a. - Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.
- Sphenoid - a. - Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
- Sphenoid - n. - A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.
- Sphenoid - n. - The sphenoid bone.
- Sphenoidal - a. - Sphenoid.
- Sphenoidal - a. - Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid.
- Pterygoid - a. - Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone.
- Sphenoid - n. - The sphenoid bone.
- Presphenoid - a. - Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone).
- Subsphenoidal - a. - Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.
- Hamular - a. - Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone.
- Parasphenoid - a. - Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.
- Basipterygoid - a. & n. - Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.
- Sphenoid - a. - Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.
- Clinoid - a. - Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.
- Sphenoid - a. - Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
- Ephippium - n. - A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
- Postsphenoid - a. - Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.
- Orbitosphenoid - n. - The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
- Orbitosphenoid - a. - Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone.
- Spheno- - - A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine.
- Basisphenoidal - a. - Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
- Supersphenoidal - a. - Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.