CRIBRIFORM, adjective [Latin, a sieve, and form.] Resembling a sieve or riddle; a term applied to the lamen of the ethmoid bone, through which the fibers of the olfactory nerve pass to the nose.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.