Category:Parethmoid

Par*eth"moid, a. Etym: [pref. para- + ethmoid.] (anat.)

Defn: near or beside the ethmoid bone or cartilage; -- applied Especially to a pair of bones in the nasal region of some fishes, and To the ethmoturbinals in some higher animals. -- n.

Defn: a parethmoid bone.