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Ethmoiditis

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ethmoid sinusnoun(anatomy) Any of several paranasal sinuses enclosed within the ethmoid bone.
ethmoid bonenounThe bone of the skull between the eyes and at the roof of the nose.
dermethmoidnounA dermal ethmoid bone
osteoperiostitisnouninflammation of a bone and its periosteum
ethmoidnoun(anatomy) A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
mesethmoidnoun(anatomy) A bony cartilage, in the centre of the ethmoid part of the skull, that makes up most of the nasal septum.
ethmoidectomynounThe surgical removal of the partitions between the ethmoid sinuses in order to create larger sinus cavities.
ethmoturbinatenounThe part of the ethmoid bone occupying the caudal part of the nasal fossae
parethmoidnoun(anatomy) Near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; applied especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and to the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals.
mastoidnoun(anatomy) Ellipsis of mastoid process. [(anatomy) The conical, nipplelike projection of the petrous part of the temporal bone, that is situated behind the ear in humans and many other vertebrates, and serves as a site of muscle attachment.]
canaliculitisnouninflammation of the canaliculus
turbinate bonenoun(anatomy) A scrolled spongy bone of the nasal cavity.
frontoethmoidectomynoun(surgery) frontal ethmoidectomy
maxilloturbinatenounThe inferior turbinate bone
uncinate processnoun(anatomy) A sickle-shaped extension of the ethmoid bone that projects posteroinferiorly from the ethmoidal labyrinth and articulates with the inferior nasal conchae.
nasoturbinatenounA nasoturbinate bone.
maxilloturbinalnounThe inferior turbinate bone
ethmoturbinalnoun(anatomy) An upper turbinal, connected directly with the ethmoid bone.
pneumatic bonenoun(anatomy) Any bone, such as the mastoid process or those of the birds, that contains many hollow cells full of air
alisphenoidnoun(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone

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