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View synonyms for cribriform

cribriform

[ krib-ruh-fawrm ]

adjective



cribriform

/ ˈkraɪˌbrəʊs; ˈkrɪbrɪˌfɔːm; ˈkrɪbrəs /

adjective

  1. pierced with holes; sievelike
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cribriform1

1735–45; < Latin crībr ( um ) a sieve + -i- + -form
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cribriform1

C18: from New Latin crībriformis, from Latin crībrum a sieve + -form
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Example Sentences

The surface is cribriform, and a purulent secretion may be pressed out from follicular openings.

It is needless to say that great care must be taken while working close to the cribriform plate.

An assistant holds it closely parallel to the cribriform plate, where it acts as a protector.

It may be identified with the anterior colature or cribriform plate.

In most cases, however, it makes its way still further out, and the next covering it gains is from the cribriform fascia.

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