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Sphene
(gcide) | Sphene \Sphene\, n. [F. sph[`e]ne, fr. Gr. sfh`n a wedge.]
(Min.)
A mineral found usually in thin, wedge-shaped crystals of a
yellow or green to black color. It is a silicate of titanium
and calcium; titanite.
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Phosphene
(gcide) | Phosphene \Phos"phene\ (f[o^]s"f[=e]n), n. [Gr. fw^s light +
fai`nein to show.] (Physiol.)
A luminous impression produced through excitation of the
retina by some cause other than the impingement upon it of
rays of light, as by pressure upon the eyeball when the lids
are closed. Cf. After-image.
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Sphenethmoid
(gcide) | Sphenethmoid \Sphe*neth"moid\, a. [Sphenoid + ethmoid.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal
regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone;
sphenethmoidal.
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Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which
surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia;
the girdle bone.
[1913 Webster]Sphenethmoid \Sphe*neth"moid\, n. (Anat.)
The sphenethmoid bone.
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Sphenethmoid bone
(gcide) | Sphenethmoid \Sphe*neth"moid\, a. [Sphenoid + ethmoid.] (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal
regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone;
sphenethmoidal.
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Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which
surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia;
the girdle bone.
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Sphenethmoidal
(gcide) | Sphenethmoidal \Sphe`neth*moid"al\, a. (Anat.)
Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid.
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Zygosphene
(gcide) | Zygosphene \Zyg"o*sphene\, n. [Gr. zygo`n a yoke + ? a wedge.]
(Anat.)
A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the
vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a
fossa, called the zygantrum, on the back part of the arch in
front.
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