Medical Dictionary

ethmoidal air cells

noun pl

Medical Definition of ETHMOIDAL AIR CELLS

:  the cavities in the lateral masses of the ethmoid bone that are partly completed by adjoining bones and communicate with the nasal cavity—called also ethmoidal cells

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