Words Like SPHENOID

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPHENOID.

2 Alternative Words Similar to sphenoid

1 Bone Noun      Synonym Words Like Bone
2 Os Noun      Synonym Words Like Os

9 definitions of sphenoid

1 Wedge-shaped.
2 The sphenoid bone.
3 A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles; the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.
4 Wedge-shaped; wedge-like: specifically, in anatomy, noting certain cranial bones. See II., 2.
5 In crystallography, a wedge-shaped crystalline form contained under four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of the square pyramid of the tetragonal system.
6 In anatomy, a large and important compound bone of the skull: so called from its shape and connections in man.
7 By some authors the term is limited to a form having two faces only, which meet in a wedge-shaped edge. The combination of two complementary forms of this type is then called a bisphenoid. A tetragonal scalenohedron, a form having eight similar triangular faces arranged in symmetrical pairs, has been called a disphenoid.
8 In anthropology, a cranium the norma verticalis of which has a wedge-shaped form, the forehead being narrow and the greatest width being near the occiput.
9 butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
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