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Sphenoid
Meaning
Adj
●
Having a
wedged
shape.
●
In Anatomy:
Of or
relating
to the
sphenoid bone
which
forms
the
base
of the
cranium
, behind the
eye
and below the front part of the
brain
. It has
two pairs
of
broad
lateral
‘wings’ and
a number of
other
projections
, and
contains
two air-filled sinuses.
Noun
●
In Anatomy:
The
sphenoid
bone.
●
In Crystallography:
A
wedge-shaped
crystal
bounded
by
four
equal
isosceles triangles
; the
hemihedral
form of a
square
pyramid.
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Boyd
Void
Roid
Boid
Avoid
Floyd
Freud
Lloyd
Droid
Toyed
Devoid
Buoyed
Gynoid
Gyroid
Alloyed
Enjoyed
Annoyed
Steroid
Diploid
Haploid
Euploid
Humanoid
Employed
Sphenoid
Deployed
Unalloyed
Destroyed
Overjoyed
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