cribriform

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cribriform

Etymology

From Latin cribrum (“sieve”) + -form.

Adjective

cribriform (comparative more cribriform, superlative most cribriform)

Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress
- 1876, Jules Verne, chapter 11, in Edward Roth, transl., All Around the Moon:
  "To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore," cried Barbican, clearing his throat, and occupying Aldan's right ear,—"the Moon's surface is a honey combed, perforated, punctured—"
  "A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous,—" cut in the Captain, close on the left.
  —"And highly cribriform superficies—" cried Barbican.
  —"A sieve, a riddle, a colander—" shouted the Captain.

Synonyms

cribrous

Derived terms

cribriform plate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French cribiforme.

Adjective

cribriform m or n (feminine singular cribriformă, masculine plural cribriformi, feminine and neuter plural cribriforme)

cribriform

Declension

		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
		singular				plural
nominative- accusative	indefinite	cribriform		cribriformă		cribriformi	cribriforme
nominative- accusative	definite	cribriformul		cribriforma		cribriformii	cribriformele
genitive- dative	indefinite	cribriform		cribriforme		cribriformi	cribriforme
genitive- dative	definite	cribriformului		cribriformei		cribriformilor	cribriformelor

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