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Definition of Cribrous
1. Adjective. (rare usually in anatomical descriptions) Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cribrous
1. pierced with small holes [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cribrous
Literary usage of Cribrous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1901)
"We may readily understand that the mind of man must necessarily find some
explanation for the cribrous ..."
2. Quain's Elements of Anatomy by Jones Quain, Allen Thomson, George Dancer Thane (1882)
"Around this cribrous opening are smaller apertures for vessels and nerves.
Structure of the sclerotic.—The sclerotic coat is formed of bundles of connective ..."
3. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1877)
"... membrane (especially in young individuals) appears cribrous already on the
naked-eye inspection. Publication of a series of Diatoms and of other Algae. ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1882)
"According to Cohnheim, the spread of the tubercular virus from the upper nasal
cavity through the cribrous lamina of the ethmoid bone on to the pia mater, ..."
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