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Meaning of VOMER

Pronunciation:  'vowmur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  thin trapezoidal bone of the skull forming the posterior and inferior parts of the nasal septum
 
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 See Also: bone, nasal septum, os, skull

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Vo"mer\, n. [L., a plowshare.] (Anat.)
(a) A bone, or one of a pair of bones, beneath the ethmoid
    region of the skull, forming a part a part of the
    partition between the nostrils in man and other mammals.
(b) The pygostyle.
 

 

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