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cribriform |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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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