| a. | 1. | (Anat.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult. |
| n. | 1. | (Anat.) The basisphenoid bone. |
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