cribriform
Valid in Scrabble
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- 19
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- 22
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- 10
Definition of cribriform
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
“the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress”
“"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.”
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Etymology
From Latin cribrum (“sieve”) + -form.
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