mesethmoid Anat.
(mɛˈsɛθmɔɪd)
[f. Gr. µέσ-ος middle + ethmoid.]
The middle ethmoid bone. Also attrib. in mesethmoid cartilage.
| 1875 C. C. Blake Zool. 46 The ossified portion of the mesethmoid. 1875 Huxley & Martin Elem. Biol. (1877) 193 The Olfactory organs are two wide sacs which occupy all the space between the mesethmoid cartilage, the antorbital processes, and the premaxillæ and maxillæ. |
So mesethˈmoidal
| (in recent Dicts.). |