also  ba*si*sphe*noi*dal  adj :  relating to or being the part of the base of the cranium that lies between the basioccipital and the presphenoid bones and that usu. ossifies separately and becomes a part of the sphenoid bone only in the adult
, n :  the basisphenoid bone .
 
 
 
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