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Cribriform - 5 dictionary results

crib⋅ri⋅form

[krib-ruh-fawrm]
–adjective
sievelike.
Also, crib⋅rous [krib-ruhs] .


Origin:
1735–45; < L crībr(um) a sieve + -i- + -form
crib·ri·form     (krĭb'rə-fôrm')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Perforated like a sieve.

[Latin crībrum, sieve; see krei- in Indo-European roots + -form.]

cribriform crib·ri·form (krĭb'rə-fôrm')
adj.
Perforated like a sieve.


Main Entry: crib·ri·form
Pronunciation: 'krib-r&-"form
Function: adjective
: pierced with small holes

Cribriform

Crib"ri*form\ (kr?b"r?f?rm), a. [L. cribrum sieve + -form: cf. F. cribriforme.] Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.

Cribriform cells (Bot.), those which have here and there oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.

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