sphenoid
pronunciation
How to pronounce sphenoid in British English:
UK ['sfi:nɔɪd]
How to pronounce sphenoid in American English:
US ['sfinɔɪd]
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- Noun:
- butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
Word Origin
- sphenoid (adj.)
- 1732, from spheno- + -oid. As a noun from 1828. Related: Sphenoidal.
Example
- 1. The sphenoid sinus cyst may make patient four limbs shrink .
- 2. Analysis of mri features of sphenoid ridge meningioma .
- 3. Cerebellar abscess with sphenoid sinusitis in a patient with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after irradiation .
- 4. Transient pupil involved cranial third nerve palsy caused by sphenoid aspergillosis .
- 5. Imaging analysis of sphenoid sinusitis lesions .