sphenobasilar

adjective

sphe·​no·​basilar

variants or less commonly sphenobasilic

¦sfē(ˌ)nō+

: of, relating to, lying between, or distributed to the sphenoid and the basilar part of the occipital bone

Word History

Etymology

sphenobasilar, from New Latin sphenobasilaris, from sphen- + basilaris basilar, irregular from Latin basis base + -aris -ar; sphenobasilic, probably from New Latin sphenobasilaris + English -ic

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