parasphenoid

1 of 2

adjective

para·​sphenoid

variants or less commonly parasphenoidal

¦parə+

: of, relating to, or being a bone situated in the base of the skull of many vertebrates and developed in the membrane underlying the basicranial axis

parasphenoid

2 of 2

noun

"

: a parasphenoid bone

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

para- entry 1 + sphenoid, sphenoidal

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