Ba`si*sphe"noid (?), Ba`si*sphe*noid"al (?), a. [Basi- + spheroid.] Anat.
Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.
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Ba`si*sphe"noid, n. Anat.
The basisphenoid bone.
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