cribrous
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin cribrum (“sieve”)
Adjective
cribrous (comparative more cribrous, superlative most cribrous)
- (rare, usually in anatomical descriptions) Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve.
- 1909, Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson, Normal Histology and Microscopical Anatomy, Appleton & Co., p. 570:
- At the posterior pole of the eye the sclera is pierced by the optic nerve, whose numerous bundles penetrate the coats of the eyeball and give to this portion of the sclera a cribrous appearance.
- 1909, Jeremiah Sweetser Ferguson, Normal Histology and Microscopical Anatomy, Appleton & Co., p. 570:
Synonyms
References
- "cribrous" at OneLook® Dictionary Search.