See Also: Sphenoid(medicine)
sphenoid(dictionary)
sphenoid crest(medicine)
sphenoid bone(medicine)
sphenoid process(medicine)
sphenoid sinus(medicine)
sphenoid sinusitis(medicine)
Bone, sphenoid(health)
rostrum of the sphenoid bone(medicine)
body of sphenoid bone(medicine)

warrer (iou) and sphenoid (iou)


warrer (iou)



warrer noun. ME.
[Anglo-Norman werrour, from werrer to war, from werre WAR noun1, in later use from WAR verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who engages in warfare, a soldier, a warrior. Also, an antagonist, a persecutor. ME-L15.
A person who wars or contends against something. rare. M19.

sphenoid (iou)



sphenoid adjective & noun. M18.
[mod. Latin spheno(e)ides from Greek sphenoeides, from sphen wedge: see -OID.]
A. adjective. Designating, of, or pertaining to a bone of irregular shape situated at the base of the skull, in front of the temporal and occipital bones. M18.
b. noun.
Anatomy & Zoology. The sphenoid bone; each of the separate parts of this. E19.
Crystallography. A long wedge-shaped prismatic crystal form of the sphenoidal class. Also = DISPHENOID. M19.