English-Thai Dictionary

sphenoid

N กระดูก รูป ลิ่ม  กระดูกสฟีนอยด์  kra-duk-rub-lim

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPHENOID, SPHENOIDAL

a.Resembling a wedge. The spenoid bone, is the pterygoid bone of the basis of the skull.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPHENOID

Sphe "noid, a. Etym: [Gr. sphénoïde.]

 

1. Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal.

 

2. (Anat. )

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone. Sphenoid bone (Anat. ), an irregularly shaped bone in front of the occipital in the base of the skull of the higher vertebrates. It is composed of several fetal bones which become united the adult. See Alisphenoid, Basisphenoid, Orbitosphenoid, Presphenoid.

 

SPHENOID

SPHENOID Sphe "noid, n.

 

1. (Crystallog.)

 

Defn: A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

 

2. (Anat. )

 

Defn: The sphenoid bone.

 

SPHENOIDAL

SPHENOIDAL Sphe *noid "al, a.

 

1. Sphenoid.

 

2. (Crystalloq.)

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

sphenoid

sphe noid |ˈsfēnoid ˈsfinɔɪd |Anatomy ▶noun (also sphenoid bone ) a compound bone that forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain. It has two pairs of broad lateral “wings ” and a number of other projections, and contains two air-filled sinuses. ▶adjective of or relating to this bone. DERIVATIVES sphe noi dal |sfēˈnoidl |adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin sphenoides, from Greek sphēnoeidēs, from sphēn ‘wedge. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

sphenoid

sphenoid |ˈsfiːnɔɪd |Anatomy ▶noun (also sphenoid bone ) a compound bone which forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain. It has two pairs of broad lateral ‘wings ’ and a number of other projections, and contains two air-filled sinuses. ▶adjective relating to the sphenoid bone. DERIVATIVES sphenoidal |-ˈnɔɪd (ə )l |adjective ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: from modern Latin sphenoides, from Greek sphēnoeidēs, from sphēn ‘wedge ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Sphenoid

Sphe no id Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Spheno i d |griechisch-neulateinisch keilförmige Kristallform

 

sphenoidal

sphe no i dal Adjektiv |sphenoid a l |keilförmig