cribriform
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin cribrum (“sieve”) + -form.
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French cribiforme.
Adjective
[edit]cribriform m or n (feminine singular cribriformă, masculine plural cribriformi, feminine and neuter plural cribriforme)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cribriform
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | cribriform | cribriformă | cribriformi | cribriforme | ||
definite | cribriformul | cribriforma | cribriformii | cribriformele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | cribriform | cribriforme | cribriformi | cribriforme | ||
definite | cribriformului | cribriformei | cribriformilor | cribriformelor |