Sphenoid Synonyms

sfēnoid
Butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sphenoid-bone
  2. os sphenoidale

Words Related to Sphenoid

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. ethmoid
  2. paranasal
  3. mediastinum
  4. maxillary
  5. ethmoidal
  6. nasal-cavity
  7. subcapsular
  8. posteriorly
  9. occipital

Sphenoid Sentence Examples

  • Inverting papillomas arising from the sphenoid sinus are exceedingly rare.

  • Note also the blood in the sphenoid sinuses, consistent with a basal skull fracture.

  • A portion of the sphenoid bone was broken off.

  • The vomer is broad, abruptly truncated in front, and deeply cleft behind, so as to embrace the rostrum of the sphenoid; the palatals have produced postero-external angles; the maxillo-palatals are slender at their origin, and extend obliquely inwards and forwards over the palatals, ending beneath the vomer in expanded extremities, not united either with one another or with the vomer, nor does the latter unite with the nasal septum, though that is frequently ossified.