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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALISPHENOID

ALISPHENOID Al `i *sphe "noid, n. (Anat. )

Defn: The alisphenoid bone.

ALISPHENOID; ALISPHENOIDAL

Al `i *sphe "noid, Al `i *sphe *noid "al, a. Etym: [L. ala wing + E.sphenoid. ] (Anat. )

Defn: Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.

New American Oxford Dictionary

alisphenoid

al i sphe noid |ˌaləˈsfēˌnoid æləˈsfinɔɪd | ▶noun (also alisphenoid bone ) Anatomy & Zoology a winglike cartilaginous bone within the mammalian skull, forming part of the socket of the eye. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin ala ‘wing ’ + sphenoid .

Oxford Dictionary

alisphenoid

alisphenoid |ˌalɪˈsfiːnɔɪd |(also alisphenoid bone ) ▶noun Anatomy & Zoology a wing-like cartilaginous bone within a mammal's skull forming part of the socket of the eye. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin ala ‘wing ’ + sphenoid .