1.a. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.
2.n. The sphenotic bone.
Medical Definition of Sphenotic
1. Of, pertaining to, or designating, the sphenotic bone.
Sphenotic bone, a bone on the anterior side of the auditory capsule of many fishes, and connected with, or adjoining, the sphenoid bone.
Origin: Spheno- +, the ear.
The sphenotic bone.
Source: Websters Dictionary
(01 Mar 1998)