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Definition: CRIBRIFORM |
CRIBRIFORMAdjective1. Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with holes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress. |
| Domain | Definition |
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. | |
| Context | Synonyms 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. | |
Crosswords: CRIBRIFORM |
| English words defined with "CRIBRIFORM": Cribrate, Cribrose ♦ Ethmoidal ♦ Sieve 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). |
Expressions using "CRIBRIFORM": Cribriform cells ♦ cribriform membrane. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency 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. | |
| 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 cribriforme. (various references) ситовидный, решетчатый (cancellated, ethmoid, lattice, latticed), решетоподобный. (various references) cribiforme. (various references) beklädd por (cribriform membrane, vestured pit). (various references) kalbur gibi, delikli (cavernous, having holes, hollow, peekaboo, perforate, perforated, porous, punched, spongy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) |
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. | |
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