Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Alisphenoid

Alisphenoid ({not transcribed}) , adjective

[Latin ala wing + English sphenoid.]

(Anatomy) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.

Also: Alisphenoidal

Alisphenoid , noun

(Anatomy) The alisphenoid bone.