ethmoidal air cells

ethmoidal air cells
ethmoidal air cells n pl the cavities in the lateral masses of the ethmoid bone that are partly completed by adjoining bones and communicate with the nasal cavity called also ethmoidal cells

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cellulae ethmoidales.

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