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CRIBRIFORM

Definition: CRIBRIFORM

CRIBRIFORM

Adjective

1. Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: CRIBRIFORM

DomainDefinition

Health

Pierced with small holes as in a sieve. Refers to the appearance of a tumor when viewed under a microscope. The tumor appears to have open spaces or small holes inside. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: CRIBRIFORM

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Opening

Tubular, cannular, fistulous; pervious, permeable; foraminous; vesicular, vasicular; porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled; tubulous, tubulated; piped, tubate.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: CRIBRIFORM

English words defined with "CRIBRIFORM": Cribrate, CribroseEthmoidalSieve cells. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CRIBRIFORM": spheno-ethmoidal recess. (references)
Non-English Usage: "CRIBRIFORM" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (cribriform).

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Expressions: CRIBRIFORM

Expressions using "CRIBRIFORM": Cribriform cells cribriform membrane. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CRIBRIFORM

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cribriform

5

cribriform hymen

5

cribriform plate

2

cell clear cribriform hyperplasia prostate

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CRIBRIFORM

Language Translations for "CRIBRIFORM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مثقب (auger, brace, perforated, pricket, wimble). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

решетовиден. (various references)

   

Danish

  

cribriform, gennemhullet som en si. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

cribrosus, cribriform (Klestadt cysts), cribratus, zeefvormig (Klestadt cysts), etmoïed, etmoïd, ethmoïed, ethmoïd. (various references)

   

French

  

cribriformis, cribriforme, cribriform, criblé. (various references)

   

German

  

cribriformis, kribriform. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ηθμοειδής (ethmoid). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

szitaszerû. (various references)

   

Italian

  

cribroso, cribriforme. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ibriformcray

   

Portuguese

  

cribriforme. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ситовидный, решетчатый (cancellated, ethmoid, lattice, latticed), решетоподобный. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

cribiforme. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

beklädd por (cribriform membrane, vestured pit). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kalbur gibi, delikli (cavernous, having holes, hollow, peekaboo, perforate, perforated, porous, punched, spongy). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "CRIBRIFORM"

Words rhyming with "CRIBRIFORM" (pronounced 'Crib"ri*form'): Acetabuliform, Aciculiform, Aciform, Acinaciform, Acinetiform, Aciniform, Actiniform, Aculeiform, Adeniform, Adipoceriform, Aeriform, Aliform, Aluminiform, Alveoliform, Ambulacriform, Amentiform, Amianthiform, Ampulliform, Anguiform, Anguilliform, Antenniform, Antheriform, Aquiform, Araneiform, Arboriform, Arciform, Asbestiform, Ascidiform, Aspergilliform, Auriform, Bacciform, Bacilliform, Basaltiform, Biform, Boniform, Botuliform, Boviform, Bromoform, Bursiform, Calceiform, Calciform, Calyciform, Calyptriform, Campaniform, Campaniliform, Cancriform, Capilliform, Capriform, Cauliform, Cerebriform. (additional references)

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Anagrams: CRIBRIFORM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-c-f-i-i-m-o-r-r-r"

-2 letters: morbific.

-4 letters: biform, bromic, formic, mirror.

-5 letters: boric, cirri, micro, oribi.

 Words containing the letters "b-c-f-i-i-m-o-r-r-r"
 

+4 letters: microfibrillar.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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