"cribriform" meaning in English

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          "word": "cribriform plate"
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          "text": "the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress"
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          "ref": "1876, Jules Verne, chapter 11, in Edward Roth, transl., All Around the Moon:",
          "text": "\"To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore,\" cried Barbican, clearing his throat, and occupying Aldan's right ear,—\"the Moon's surface is a honey combed, perforated, punctured—\"\n\"A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous,—\" cut in the Captain, close on the left.\n—\"And highly cribriform superficies—\" cried Barbican.\n—\"A sieve, a riddle, a colander—\" shouted the Captain.",
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