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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BASISPHENOID; BASISPHENOIDAL

Ba `si *sphe "noid, Ba `si *sphe *noid "al, a. Etym: [Basi- + spheroid. ](Anat. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

BASISPHENOID

BASISPHENOID Ba `si *sphe "noid, n. (Anat. )

 

Defn: The basisphenoid bone.