Definitions for sphenoid

sphenoid sphe·noid

Spelling: [sfee-noid]
IPA: /ˈsfi nɔɪd/

Sphenoid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 348 anagrams from letters in sphenoid (dehinops).

Definitions for sphenoid

noun

  1. Anatomy. the sphenoid bone.

adjective

  1. being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
  2. Anatomy. of or relating to the compound bone of the base of the skull, at the roof of the pharynx.

Origin of sphenoid

1725-35; New Latin sphēnoīdēs Greek sphēnoeidḗs. See sphen-, -oid

Examples for sphenoid

The most regular and beautiful forms, and the ones that are commonest in our racial stocks are the ellipsoid, ovoid and sphenoid.

The main body of the sphenoid is at the base of the cranium.

They are bounded anteriorly by the frontal bone, posteriorly by the occipital, and laterally by the temporal and sphenoid bones.

These cavities are bounded superiorly by the sphenoid and 390 ethmoid bones; inferiorly, by the hard palate.

The pituitary body itself is lodged in a cavity of the sphenoid bone called the pituitary fossa.

Simple brachycephaly is due to early synostosis of the nasal and sphenoid.

Under these conditions we have witnessed fractures of the parietal, of the frontal, and of the sphenoid bones.

The bones that extend backward to the sphenoid are not easily identified.

Tapeisocephaly (low head) is due to synostosis of the great wings of the sphenoid with the frontal.

The frontal bone was thrown back, and flattened on the sphenoid in such a manner that the eyes appeared above his head.

Word Value for sphenoid
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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