"sphenoid bone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sphenoid bones [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sphenoid bone (plural sphenoid bones)
  1. A compound bone at the base of the skull behind the eyes. Wikipedia link: sphenoid bone Categories (topical): Bones Related terms: bones Translations (sphenoid bone): клиновидна кост (klinovidna kost) (Bulgarian), os esfenoide [masculine] (Catalan), klínová kost [feminine] (Czech), sfenoido (Esperanto), kiilluu (Estonian), kitaluu (Finnish), esfenoide [masculine] (Galician), Keilbein [neuter] (German), ékcsont (Hungarian), 蝶形骨 (chōkeikotsu) (alt: ちょうけいこつ) (Japanese), hestiyê cênîkê [masculine] (Northern Kurdish), kość klinowa [feminine] (Polish), esfenoide [masculine] (Portuguese), sfenoid [neuter] (Romanian), клиновидная кость (klinovidnaja kostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), сфеноид (sfenoid) [masculine] (Russian), esfenoide [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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